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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1967
Page
14
In Montpelier the effort to create a single primary ballot stalls as lawmakers favor a summer study. Printers warn a combined ballot for state county local and federal offices would be impractical, prompting recommitment and delay into the 1968 session amid debate over voter privacy and election law changes.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing March 29 on a bill to place cable companies under the Public Service Board. The measure, backed by the PSB and opposed by the industry, mirrors a House passage that stalled in the Senate last year. Sen. Arthur Jones may abstain due to his Newport cable system ownership. The PSB says cable firms operate as a monopoly with no competition.
Dr. William D. Worthington spoke to the Bennington Branch AAUW at Mrs. Thomas Cook’s home on Weeks Street. He praised Putnam Memorial Hospital and local health facilities, urged more education in infant and prenatal care, and noted the need for expanded community nursing and mental health services for children.
Union members met this morning after the walkout at the Pownal Center firehouse and awaited a Concord New Hampshire union representative due at 1 30 p m. Henry Lescarbeau of Clarksbury Mass vice president said no talks with management had occurred or were planned. The union signed a three year contract in 1954 set for renegotiation in November. The company makes electrical wire and employs about 380 people on three shifts.
A three way race for Mt Anthony Jaycees president will be decided at the annual election Monday evening at the First Congregational Church. Candidates are Dr Dudley M Baker Joseph Strzesak and Marvin Sutton with Baker and Strzesak chosen by the nominating committee and Sutton to be nominated from the floor. Baker is a 34 year old Bennington native a 1953 Williams College graduate and orthopedic surgeon with military naval service. Strzesak 27 is a Pawtucket Rhode Island native living in Bennington since 1962 and employed as a draftsman at Union Carbide. he has coached football at Bennington Catholic High School and has chaired various Jaycee activities.
General Westmoreland says Viet Cong seek victories to regain prestige and headlines while aiming to spoil Johnson's Guam war conference. Reports detail 420 American infantrymen killing 600 to 900 Viet Cong near the Cambodian border, plus 160 Communist deaths from jet strikes. 4,000 more U.S. troops arrived last week, raising total to 427,000. Casualties include Americans wounded in mortar and air strikes, a fatal runway collision of a jet and cargo plane, and an artillery mishap near Operation Junction City. U.S. jets flew 55 missions in poor weather, targeting roads, railways, storage facilities, and Ho Chi Minh trail entries. B52s struck three bases in South Vietnam.
No door to door calls will be made in Bennington and North Bennington for the annual Red Cross drive. It is hoped that everyone will contribute as in prior years.
Astronomy notes explain the vernal equinox does not occur at the same hour or day each year and Easter shifts accordingly. The Ladies Aid Society hosts a bene fit tea for Putnam Memorial Hospital auxiliary on March 30 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Church Barn. Local promotions include Pittsburgh Paint coupon redemptions and community events with VFW Post 1332 supper and a Friday haddock special at Iron Kettle.
The funeral for Hector Jay Ward of 901 Gage St was held Wednesday afternoon at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home in Arlington with Pastor Merle A. Tyler officiating. Ward, a World War I veteran in Army M.T.C. 307th repair unit, received military honors from American Legion Post 69. Bearers included Hector Ward and Jay Ward Jr. Entombment was in Evergreen Cemetery with committal prayers by Pastor Tyler. burial planned later.
New York Vogue announces 12 finalists for the Prix de Paris. Susan Keith Bryant of Bennington College could win a year as Vogue junior editor and a Paris trip. second prize is six months as junior editor. Each finalist receives a $50 savings bond. Winners revealed mid April. The 27th Prix de Paris opens to 1968 graduates. details in Vogue August 1.
Myron McDonald 85 a Shaftsbury resident and former Eagle Square Mfg. Co employee who retired in 1952 died Wednesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington after a brief admission. Born June 7 1881 in Pownal he was survived by his wife Leona May Rose two sons Lester and Charles four daughters Georgianna Gravelle Elizabeth Campbell Cora Morgan and Mary Funk 19 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Saturday at 11 am with Rev A J MacDonald officiating. Friends may call tonight 7-9 and Friday 2-4 and 7-9. Entombment in Park Lawn Cemetery later in McDonald plot.
Indonesian police and army raided to curb a new communist regrouping in West Java. Antara said 16 leaders were arrested and documents seized outlining small cell regrouping and plans for armed rebellion around Bandung. Sukarno faces continued political fallout after the 1965 coup, with palace vacating and 1967 68 planning mentioned.
Mt Anthony Union High School students Richard Moskovitz Marshall Knapp Debbie Taylor Nancy Mackey join advisor John Duval and chap eron James Rippa attending the 27th annual Model Congress at AIC in Springfield Mass March 30 to April 1. Gov Philip Hoff will keynote on March 31 at 10 am. More than 63 high schools from four states attend with nearly 400 people, plus a private villa stay at Bogor. Sukarno, ousted at 65, lives at a presidential villa in Bogor. Suharto denies house arrest and imposes isolation.
Paul W. Bohne III of Bennington announces candidacy for Vermont Federation of Young Republicans state chair with elections set for May 27 in Killington. He urges mobilizing voters aged 21 to 39 and stresses youth leadership, party outreach, and programs to engage Vermont’s young residents. Bohne, born in Springfield, Rutgers graduate, owns Harwood Hill Orchard, and has held multiple GOP posts in Bennington County.
Hospital notes list admissions Keith Hassenpflug Bennington and Deborah Wyman Arlington discharges include Steven M Richard Leroy Carroll and several named patients with residences in Bennington Manchester East Dorset North Hoosick Births announce Mr and Mrs R Edward Dark ward Hoosick Falls welcoming a daughter born March 22.
A United Lenten Cantata titled A Service of Darkness by Dale Wood will be performed Good Friday evening March 24 at 7 30 p m at the First Methodist Church directed by David Nas cimbeni with organist Mrs Nas cimbeni. Participants from several area choirs include St Peter s Episcopal Second Congregational Bennett ton First Baptist Shaftsbury First Methodist and the host church. Singers listed include Mrs Edna Prouty Mrs Joan Osgood Mrs Marjorie Humphrey and many others. The piece reflects Tenebrae with candles symbolizing Christ light fading as meditations end with the last vigil candle. Jeffrey Crane will handle lighting and acolytes Judy Crane Janet McGaughey Kathy Bushee and Cynthia Jordan. No offering will be taken. all are welcome.
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