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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1974
Page
2
Vermont rates rise 27.8 percent for Blue Cross and 11.6 percent for Blue Shield, effective May 1, under orders from Banking and Insurance Commissioner James Guest. New Hampshire subscribers subsidize Vermont by about 350000 annually. Debate over action by New Hampshire officials continues as Vermont officials defend the adjustments.
The Alumni Association of St Joseph College of Bennington will hold a spring auction to support the Martin McCue Scholarship Fund. Donations are welcome via phone inquiries to Ron Perrott, Mike Levins, or Dick Chamberlain, with a pickup service offered. checks may be sent to St Joseph College Alumni Association, P O Box 604, Bennington NH. Also notes insurance rate decisions in New Hampshire and Vermont, with Blue Cross and Blue Shield increases approved for one year amid cost-cutting calls to hospitals.
Timothy Crouse author of The Boys on the Bus will discuss the 1972 presidential campaign at Middlebury College Proctor Hall Lounge at 4 p.m. Monday March 25. He will give a short talk and answer questions on his book and campaign reporting. Public invited.
In Boston a 130 foot Yankee Schooner Roseway will lead a flotilla up the Potomac to Washington in May to dramatize the plight of New England fishermen. STAF announced plans as hearings on offshore fishing limits from 12 to 200 miles edge toward Congress. Local leaders warned of overfished stocks, foreign fleets, and endangered haddock herring and sockeye salmon, urging extended offshore control to save the fleet.
Rep. Silvio Conte says the Interstate Commerce Commission will hold May 13 hearings in Pittsfield on restructuring freight rail service in western Massachusetts. The meetings follow January hearings in Boston and are part of seven steps under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973. Witness lists will be compiled on a first come basis by Allen Kaulback.
Princess Anne attended a public event in Great Somerford with husband Captain Mark Phillips after an armed kidnap attempt outside Buckingham Palace. Police raided a Fleet, 50 miles west of London, house linked to possible would-be captors of the princess as investigators questioned a man who rented it. The suspect, Ian Ball, 26, faces charges of attempted murder in London Bow Street Court.
TEWKSBURY Mass UPI town officials refuse Massachusetts Electric Co fuel adjustment bills and will keep the withheld amounts in escrow. The report notes a separate scene involving two horses in a horse trials nearby Cirences ter with Anne riding in a horse truck labeled Great Ova tion.
Southwestern Board of Realtors met March 21 at Mt Anthony Country Club with John De Brun presiding. Dog licensing deadline is April 1 for dogs four months and older. Armstrong ceiling clinic sponsored by H Greenberg & Son runs today 10 to 3 with demonstrations and free refreshments.
President Nixon flies by helicopter to Camp David to work on a national radio address on education legislation pending before Congress. Deputy press secretary Gerald Warren said the talk will run about 15 minutes and is expected to reach the House floor Tuesday. Nixon plans other legislative work while at Camp David and will return to Washington Sunday with Pat Nixon and daughter Tricia Cox and her husband Edward.
United Press International reports from Texas to Puerto Rico that authorities move against streaking. In League City Mark Hawkins 17 was removed from office expelled from class and dropped from the swimming team for streaking. In Puerto Rico three students were nabbed for nude racing in Condado near San Juan and jailed on indecent exposure charges.
Bennington Pony Club members gathered at Gwenn Wisell’s Manchester home on February 22 to draw raffle prizes valued at 330 dollars in ski equipment or 150 dollars in cash. The big winner chose cash, named as Benjie.
The Vermont House rejected an open records proposal by 68 to 67 defeating a longstanding effort to guarantee public access to state and local documents. The bill would have allowed copying for a fee while keeping personal letters police intelligence reports sealed and court records confidential.
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