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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1966
Page
2
The Chester School Board faces a $58,000 deficit tied to shifting to a 12 month fiscal year in 1955. Of the total, $45,000 stems from using summer salaries in the next year. Voters approved refunding bonds redeemable over 10 years to erase the eleven year old trouble, with bank confirmation from Montpelier.
Deputy probation officer Frank Mazza of Pittsford leaves his post to supervise residential care at Brandon Training School. He will oversee Rutland County and periodically Bennington and Addison Counties. He chairs Otter Valley Union High School Board, leads Vermont State School Directors Association, and serves as Rutland Northeast School District president. Donald Hess of Middlebury will take Mazza’s duties.
In Washington the Vermont congressional delegation announces a federal loan of 351000 to Goddard College in Plainfield for a new library learning aids center. Construction is set to begin in six months under the Higher Education Facilities Act.
Elmer Bullock of Georgia announces a bid for re election in the fall. Bullock, a three time representative on both Republican and Democratic tickets, was ranking member on the general committee in the 1966 special election and previously served in the House in 1963 and 1965.
Christopher Rheuby of Woodstock was elected chairman of Windsor County Young Republicans replacing James W. Wright of Stockbridge as state attorney. Carl Braun of Windsor was named vice chairman, Robert Maguire Jr. of Springfield treasurer, and Frank Mahady of Norwich acting secretary.
In Albany the annual Albany Institute of History and Art meeting will feature Dr. Harold C. Martin president of Union College speaking on Marble and Mud Hawthorne on Art and Reality May 16 at 8 30 p m in the institute auditorium Edward L Thomas 26 of Petersburg faces Berkshire County charges after a North Adams Mass April 20 appearance for motor vehicle theft He was bound over to the Berkshire County Superior Court in Pittsfield held on 2000 bail and previously ticketed for speeding license plate and parole fugitive issues by FBI authorities
North Adams hosts a Sunday benefit at Drury High School for the Northern Berkshire Association for Retarded Children featuring George Jessel known as the feastmaster general. He arrives in Albany at 7 p.m. and performs around 9 p.m. Ronald Richardello with an accordion orchestra accompanies. a USO trip to Viet Nam with Jessel was made last year and may recur. Williams College hosts an arts sale with Ferdinand Roten Galleries showing works by modern and old masters from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Prices range from 5 to 2000 dollars, most under 100. North Adams city is declared ineligible for a federal sewer grant of 31,500 dollars toward a 63,000 project, with officials noting Berkshire County Planning Commission could have changed eligibility.
North Adams reports announced by The Transcript co publishers James A. Hardman Jr. and Robert Hardman. The sale to Donald A. Thurston and William H. Vanderbilt is contingent on Federal Communications Commission approval. In Pittsfield, a 12 hour Senate panel tour reviewed local river and treatment plant conditions with a positive Berkshire stream report but calls for more clean up. Adams residents back Hoosac Valley Motorcycle Club petition for a Sunday amusement license for a May 15 cycle field meet.
Sawada Kyoichi, a 30 year old Japanese UPI photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner, has covered more than 40 battles in Vietnam with both U.S. and South Vietnamese forces. He joined UPI in Tokyo in 1960 and emphasizes staying close to troops to get full front combat shots. He was reprimanded for entering a mine field to photograph infantrymen.
Army Secretary Stanley R. Resor ordered new procedures for Reserve and National Guard members. Reservists with four to 10 months active-duty training must attend drills or face demotion and potential 45 days active duty after four unexcused absences. Those not yet on active duty face priority induction to begin four to 10 months training if they miss drills.
A Southport woman delivered siamese twin girls by Caesarean section at Bridgeport Hospital. The 11 pound 6.5 ounce twins shared a common umbilical tube, were 4:25 p.m. birth, and sent to Yale New Haven for tests before possible separation surgery. Both babies are in good condition. doctors call it a first for Dr. Morris Pitock’s 35 years at Bridgeport Hospital.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont 15201. It lists contact numbers for newsroom advertising and telephones and states UPI exclusivity for local news and dispatches. Subscriptions vary by radius and duration with prices for Vermont and U S delivery.
Mrs. Adeline Jones Drury of Du Quoin Illinois celebrated her 100th birthday this week. She says she became a vegetarian at age 23 after doctors told her she had little time to live. The account highlights her long life and dietary choice noted by UPI.
Sam Donnell a 37 year old ex Marine and deacon was released on parole from Norfolk State Prison after 28 months for an $ robbery he says he did not commit. Church members raised 3000 for his defense and stand by him. He plans to visit family at the Cape and return to work next week.
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