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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1971
Page
5
In Montpelier Sen. John H. Boylan says he is undecided on adding an amendment to a government reorganization bill. The measure, facing Senate floor concurrence with two minor House changes, could fail if a Senate amendment or conference request redirects the plan sought by Gov. Deane C. Davis.
Capt. Ernest Medina maintained he gave no order to kill civilians at My Lai but argued that all Americans, including Army personnel and jurors, share responsibility for Lt. William Calley’s murder verdict. He spoke at a Bailey law office news conference, said he would resign if acquitted, and drew parallels to the Nuremberg trials while criticizing wartime standards.
A fast moving blaze at 108 Jersey Street near Fenway Park killed at least five people and trapped many others. About 150 residents, mostly students or elderly, were affected. Fire officials said the three hour effort involved 250 firefighters from multiple towns.
In Montpelier activists form the Northern Antiwar Group to push for legislative ratification of the Peoples Peace Treaty negotiated by students and Vietnam peers. House Speaker Walter Kennedy dismisses chances of the treaty reaching the General Assembly. Governors stance echoes Kennedy. Vermont Welfare Rights Organization and Vietnam veterans voices join the rally. College Republicans denounce the treaty as illogical and the rally as grandstanding to pressure lawmakers.
Vermont Resources Department investigators arrived in Rutland County to locate the source of a large No. 6 oil spill in Otter Creek. The spill, possibly extending 25 miles to Lake Champlain, coated water and banks with up to two to three inches of oil. samples were sent for testing and a long term ecological impact is feared. A student led officials to the site and several fish deaths raised alarm.
The Vermont Public Service Board may issue a decision this week on Central Vermont Public Service Corp.’s request to raise rates by 19 percent. Board chairman Ernest W. Gibson said the three member panel is finalizing findings and aims to release the order by week’s end. The board also suspended Green Mountain Power Corp.’s temporary rate hike to discuss tying fuel costs to customer rates, which would raise residential rates by 2.6 percent and industrial charges by 4.7 percent.
A Tuesday double alarm fire gutted the second floor living room at 71 Wendell Ave Berkshire home of former Mayor Raymond L. Haughey. The 15 room Victorian suffered heavy damage. the first floor housed Haughey’s Funeral Home and remains operable. Family to stay elsewhere briefly.
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