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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1967
Page
5
Harvard education research assistant Fritz Mollhouser told Vermont social studies teachers that schools rely too heavily on content in history and social sciences. He urged using historical cases to form positions and defend them, to engage with issues and decisions in politics and history. Norwich University to honor Gen Maxwell Taylor at 148th commencement.
Vermont state Highway Department reports 59 of 321 miles of the interstate are under construction this spring. By year end 1967 about 18 miles are expected to be finished. Total miles open to traffic would reach 148.
In Rensselaer a grand jury began testimony on a complaint by Albert V. Hanley that the public works commissioner William J. Lyons Sr used city equipment to develop private property for a Lyons funeral home owned by Lyons Jr. Also Troy city meetings planned on a new city hall with a named architect. City Manager Sidney Smith hints at a site near the current city hall and possible police facilities.
North Adams city council unanimously approved a seven page agreement committing $1 256 890 as the citys share of a 5 6 million Main Street urban renewal project after nearly six years of planning. The session also noted a state teacher pay raise will cost the city about 115 000 annually, lifting the tax rate by roughly 4. Williamstown and surrounding towns discussed Mt Greylock Regional regionalization with a state official, deciding to study kindergarten through Grade 12 regionalization initiated by the member towns.
A Sunday two car crash in Dalton A killed two girls, and Tuesday the incident claimed a third life. Six year old Jamie M Jardine died at Pittsfield General Hospital. Two other girls Kelly Anne Jadatz and Carol Marcia Galligher had died Sunday. The fourth child, Mary Katherine Jadatz, age five, remained in fair condition.
Administrator Woodrow W. Cummings said trustees reduced beds for maternity over the years and suggested a potential cut to six beds. The move signals a downsizing of the maternity service at W B Plunkett Memorial Hospital.
Cambridge reports the National Day of Inquiry will link about 20 college units nationwide by telephone and radio. Speakers include John Kenneth Galbraith, John Fairbank, Stanley Hoffman, Jerome Cohen, Henry Steele Commager, Cassius Clay, and Hans Morgenthau. The NASPE sponsors the event to challenge U S policy in Vietnam.
The U S Geological Survey will release harmless red dye into the Hudson and Mohawk rivers to map time of travel for waste materials. Tests run from Rome to Cohoes and from Corinth to the Troy Locks, with results aiding predictions of downstream concentration and water safety.
Vermont Education Commissioner Richard A. Gibboney called a quality crisis in teacher education and urged a fresh look at required courses. He spoke at the Educa tion Commission of the States conference, warned the commission to act within three years to avoid undermining its position, and described the meeting as productive.
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