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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1966
Page
2
Gov. Hoff faces a choice on the proposed 1.5 million medium security institution for youths 16 to 26. Pittsford residents petitioned with 500 signatures against the site, while Windsor residents favor placing the center on the state prison farm there. Hoff will propose a Pittsford public meeting and a Windsor hearing before the Institutions Board makes the final site decision.
William W. Freeman of Burlington becomes the first Vermont architect named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He is among 60 honored nationally in 1966 and will receive the award at the AIA annual banquet on July 1 in Denver. Freeman is a Cornell graduate and a founder and charter member of the Vermont Association of Architects.
Animal lovers rejected a proposed ordinance to raise dog licensing fees after a public hearing. Activist Rev Ernest Seel criticized unequal fees for spayed females and other dogs, prompting Mayor Garth Blow to acknowledge further work on the measure. STOWE Vermont superintendents group names new officers after three day convention.
Burlington report notes the 22nd spring meeting of the Vermont Association of Realtor Boards on Thursday at the Cu pola in South Burlington. Director Herbert Douglas of Arlington is listed among state association leaders.
Albany reports that The College of Saint Rose will run a summer session with graduate and undergraduate courses across economics languages education history speech correction philosophy theology and sociology. The session begins June 25 for men and women with registration for undergrad and grad studies set for June 10 11 in Albertus Magnus Science Hall 432 Western Ave. Special graduate programs include an MA in speech correction and hearing. Tuition grants are available from the State Education Department for teachers or future teachers of classes for children with retarded mental development. Applications are through the college graduate office or the State Bureau of Handicapped Children.
Associated Surveys Co of Passaic N J won a contract to revalue Berkshire city real estate starting June 1 and finishing May 1, 1967, costing 44000 dollars. Local assessors aid the team with administration. In Williamstown Raymond C Sullivan named principal for kindergarten through Grade 3. Gardner L Brown named president of the Association of Business and Commerce directors at their annual meeting.
Federal mediator John Sullivan said he would know later today if there will be an early end to the five-state telephone workers strike. A 14 hour bargaining session with New England Telephone Co and IBTW broke up at 1 am with no progress and both sides will consider conciliator proposals and reconvene for separate meetings at 1 pm. The walkout idled more than 11,000 workers in Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and Rhode Island and spread to southern Maine. A Newton cable cut disrupted service for 500 customers. 60 crosswires were pulled in Roxbury and tires of three company trucks were vandalized in Dorchester. Union president Gerald J Walsh denied union involvement in vandalism and said proposed picket lines would continue.
Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut Vermont New Hampshire and Maine governors endorsed Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton New York as the site for a 375 million nuclear accelerator. Carlile Jones head of the Long Island Association said more endorsements from New Jersey Pennsylvania and Maryland are expected. Other sites under consideration include Weston Illinois Ann Arbor Michigan Denver Colorado Madison Wisconsin and Sacramento California.
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