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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1967
Page
2
Gov. Hoff to lead the First Vermont Governor's Conference for Better Libraries set for May 18 at the University of Vermont. About 1,000 attendees expected as themes cover library status, national developments, and Vermont legislation with a community action panel.
Chittenden County State's Attorney Patrick Leahy says a grand jury will convene April 11 to hear evidence against Rodney Rudolph, 16, of Burlington. The youth is charged with the first degree murder of his sister Jacqueline Jill, 10, at their home Jan. 20. His father, David, 36, died two weeks after the incident of injuries allegedly received in an attack by his son.
In Albany two bricks were thrown through the D'Jimas Bros. Furs show window at 119 North Pearl Street early Thursday. About $5,000 in furs were stolen as glass sections shattered and mannequins were scattered. Police report quotes company president Zachary C. D'Jimas.
Seven members of Williams College Honor Society Gargoyle resign, criticizing the club as elitist and outdated. They cite unfair member selection and lack of meaningful activity, naming former officers Leonard M. Goldberg Robert W. Shuford Jonathan Z. Cannon Roy P. Bennett III James M. Cole M. Brian Murphy and Warren H. Suss as signatories.
New York UPI report warns Sheriff John J. McCloskey could face a lawsuit if he proceeds with arresting Adam Clayton Powell on a Sunday amid a long contempt case tied to a Harlem widow’s judgment. Powell plans to return to preach and campaign. attorney Henry Williams threatens legal action for false arrest. Liability would rest on McCloskey, bonded for 300000 dollars, city-funded.
The U S Office of Education funds a pioneering joint public and parochial junior-senior high in Swanton Vermont with 56000 planning money under Title 3 and a possible multi year support. The plan calls for a 1000 student six circle campus with a privately financed religious wing and a 3 million town bond for the public portion. The project hinges on a union vote in Swanton Highgate and Franklin and faces church state questions amid debate over federal aid.
Boston Archbishop Richard Cardinal Cushing urged continuing the Kennedy assassination inquiry, saying he never believed it was the work of one man. He spoke at a news conference during a fundraising event, urging the Warren Commission to follow through on the investigation.
Montpelier House Appropriations Committee hearings wrestle with preserving the historic Pavilion Hotel downtown. Supporters urge renovation over demolition as a modern complex would cost about one million dollars more. The committee favors tearing the building down pending further study.
UPI reports U.S. Appeals Court Judge Edward J McEntee ruled postmen may moonlight, saying postal regulations prohibiting dual employment are unreasonable. Mortimer W Coakley had been dismissed from two jobs and was allowed to continue both. In a separate item, the Iowa senate gave Rev Carl G Sinning approval for a six year term on the state liquor control commission.
Boston police investigate the brutal stabbing and strangling of television producer and director Jack Landau. Landau’s bound body was found at 338 Beacon St near Beacon Hill, tied with baling wire and a scarf, after neighbors reported a break in. An autopsy was ordered to determine the exact cause of death as police track a series of apartment break-ins and sightings of three youths carrying a television set. Landau, a native New Englander with ties to NBC CBS and ABC productions, had recently moved to the Charles River area and was working as a consultant at WHDH-TV.
Police in Ithaca and New York City arrested 22 people tied to a drug ring supplying LSD and marijuana to Cornell University students Ithaca College and Ithaca High School. About 4000 dollars worth of LSD was seized, the largest haul in the state. Investigations began in New York as undercover detective Michael O Neill bought LSD and a pound of marijuana from wholesalers at St Marks Place and First Avenue, then led to arrests at an East 11th Street apartment and in Ithaca where five men and six women faced charges of selling LSD and marijuana possession.
The National Highway Safety Advisory Committee will include Vermont Motor Vehicles Commissioner J. E. Malloy for a three year term and Massachusetts Registrar Richard E. McLaughlin for a two year term. The panel advises the new Transportation Department on auto safety.
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