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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1966
Page
2
James H. Mann of Waterville is named president of the Vermont Young Republican Club replacing Rep. John Alden of Woodstock who resigned to back Rep. Reid Lefevre of Manchester in a GOP gubernatorial bid. Mann, previously vice president, will fill the unexpired term with officer elections set for May 1967.
Col William Burke, state director of Selective Service, announced a new draft test for college students to be given three times in Vermont this spring. The Selective Service Qualification Test will be held May 14, May 21 and June 3 at multiple Vermont colleges, with applications due April 23. Students may take the test only once, and those with deferment intent on their draft card are eligible to take the exam prepared by Science Research Associates of Chicago.
Lyse Savard, a 20-year-old Spaulding High School senior, is awarded 10000 by a Washington County Court jury for psychoneurotic injuries after a truck operated by Albert Smith of Montpelier sliced into her home on January 29, 1962. The case was retried after a prior verdict awarded no damages.
The Vermont Education Department approved more than 100000 dollars in federal funds for 13 school districts. The money is part of 1.7 million dollars awarded to the state under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for educational projects.
At the 24th Middlebury College Conference final sessions, speakers assess higher education troubles under the theme The Estranged University. Daniel Wakefield and Brock Brower join Lawrence Levine of UC Berkeley, Roy Nichols of Penn, and SDS leader Paul Booth in urging meaningful discussions to shape future education programs.
Partridge of Proctor and Hastings Jr. of North Springfield received the Silver Beaver Award at the Ethan Allen Council Recognition Dinner attended by about 200 leaders and their spouses. Partridge has 26 years in scouting. Hastings is Crown Point district training chairman. Donald Ross directed the ceremony with Order of the Arrow scouts in Indian dress. Margaret Bruce Nye named 1966 Vermont Mother of the Year. plans honor in Montpelier April 14 before brief trip to New York and Washington, D.C.
Maxwell AFB Alabama hosts a panel of 15 leaders including Troy University President Dr. Richard G. Folsom to assess the Air University education program. Folsom serves a third year on the advisory board invited by the U.S. Air Force.
Williamstown Berkshire county announces the opening of Wau-beeka Springs Golf Links off Route 7. Manager Rowland B. Armacost says the course is expected to open June 1.
A Williams College four man team defeated Marietta College 215 to 116 on the G E College Bowl Sunday. Ralph Renzi of the Williams College News Bureau served as coach. Next Sunday the Williams team will face North Illinois University Dekalb Ill. Adams Redevelopment Authority reports federal HUD approval for Project Progress loan 1 039 833 and capital grant 901 833 per Executive Director James P McAndrews.
In a two and a half hour action off Thanh Hoa near Hon Me Island a U S Air Force Phantom crew was rescued after their plane was hit. The USS Berkeley directed the effort with five ships and multiple aircraft while North Vietnamese shore batteries fired. Eight men were saved, two killed when the amphibian was hit. The Berkeley shelled the batteries to end the threat.
Cardinal Cushing in New York defended dissent as a core national value at a Waldorf Astoria communion breakfast. He warned dissent must be preserved despite costs and urged respect for law and courts. He touched on home troubles from St Johns Seminary but did not address expulsions.
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Baltimore based NASA official Edgar M Cortright says this year will be crucial for decision makers as the Soviet planetary program grows larger and could gain ground in exploring Mars Venus and the wider solar system while the U S spends under 1 percent of its budget on planetary science and may need to expand efforts.
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