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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1965
Page
2
In Montpelier, desk surplus from Vermont’s 1965 legislature prompts sale bids as reapportionment likely trims the House from 246 to 150 members by July 1. Sergeant at Arms Wallace Whitcomb notes about 10 former lawmakers have asked for their desks, with one proposed for a museum relic.
State Department of Employment Security reports April employment up 2,600 to 150,000 with jobless total down 2,000 to 7,400. Commissioner Stella B. Hackel calls the gain the largest for this season since 1958 and says encouraging trends should continue, easing prior job scarcity.
The University of Vermont alumni council will award five distinguished service honors at graduation. Recipients include Lyman Rowell dean of administration and acting president Dr A Bradley Soule radiology chairman Col Carl Schofield stationed at Governors Island New York John Beckley of Montclair New Jersey former alumni association president and John B Shepard Pierce Junior College Callifornia president.
The Vermont House gave final approval to a bill that would raise salaries for legislative officers. The secretary of the Senate and House clerk would receive 250 dollars weekly, assistant clerk and assistant secretary of each chamber 225, and the second assistant clerk of the House 200. Increases exceed 30 percent, and the measure moves to the Senate for expected approval.
The Vermont Senate gave initial approval on a unanimous voice vote to a bill creating an interim legislative council to draft and research legislation during session gaps. The Senate amended the House bill to allow seven representatives from each chamber, sending the measure back to the House where approval remains uncertain after a tough path earlier in the session.
Albany radio listeners will hear poet Louis Untermeyer discuss How To Hate Poetry in One Easy Lesson on WAMC 90.3 FM Tuesday at 7 p.m. The talk, recorded at MIT, recalls a teacher who marked Morse code like dots and dashes and declared This is iambic pentameter, sparking Untermeyer’s lifelong ambivalence toward verse.
The Albany bill to keep pornography from youths gained final Senate approval by 48 to 6 amid loud outbursts. It bars youths 16 and under from stores selling objectionable literature, with a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $500 fine, except when the youth is with a parent.
Nearly 1,000 Boy Scouts and leaders turned Crown Point Reservation into a scout community for the Mohican Council camporee. John Toohey of Crown Point served as general chairman. Activities included a gold nugget hunt, a conservation contest, a fish hatchery exhibit, and demonstrations of fire, stenting, and shotgun and rifle firing. Thirty-nine troops participated.
Berkshire welfare officials doubt the Economic Opportunity Act's effectiveness in Pittsfield saying Title 5 would create extra work and may duplicate federal projects already under way. Donald Biron Jr. of the Welfare Department and members of Action for Opportunity Inc. foresee the department being divorced from community action work.
Adams 18 year old David Hakes Jr. was treated for a fractured right leg after his scooter collided with a car driven by Stacia Simon, also of Adams. In North Adams, workers will be recruited for Western Massachusetts tobacco farms, with the state Employment Security office opening Saturday to sign up about 1100 to 1200 workers as part of a month old campaign.
Father Robert J. McEwen of Boston College attacks the Massachusetts Crime Commission for not exposing big operators behind long running corruption. He charges neglect of white collar crime like adulteration and deceit in ads and finance charges, while lamenting limited action and politicized outcomes under Gov. Volpe. He targets corruption in highway contracts and praises Attorney General Edward Brooke as an exception among Republicans.
Tyngsboro Massachusetts police probe the slaying of William E. Fergnani 51 owner of a trailer lot off Route 3. Witnesses saw a man and woman scuffle with him moments before gunfire. A red blouse blonde and a chunky bag were noted. Robbery ruled out. $50 found on the body and $1,300 in the car. Fergnani had been a Vermont auto dealer and was to testify in a kidnapping case against suspects. He once kept a bodyguard, later declining protection.
In Manchester New Hampshire UPID reporters say efforts to fill the jury for Edward H. Coolidge Jr. the kidnap murder case continued with ten jurors set. Two previously chosen jurors were discharged and two others were selected after a six hour session. If the panel is completed testimony may begin on Monday. New jurors include Robert S. Giroux 37 of New Ipswich and Stanley Livingston of Wilton.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays from 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont. It is a United Press International member offering local news and UPI dispatches. Delivery rates include 10 cents per day for home and motor service with 50 mile Vermont mail rates three months six months and one year and special serviceman rates.
The piece explains how truth escapes censorship across Eastern Europe via Radio Free Europe. It notes the Iron Curtain's vast reach and limited freedom, but highlights broadcasts up to 18 hours daily to Poland Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Romania and Hungary challenging state monopoly on news.
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