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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1970
Page
12
Scouts hosted Parents Night featuring a flag ceremony puppet show and skits. They displayed badge work and achievements from needlecraft pets cook dabbler and folklore while the cook badge group provided refreshments.
Sacred Heart School first grade pupils present a 3 p.m. Sunday concert at the school featuring 44 vocal numbers from the Come to the Father series. Soloists include Lea Hyjek Paul LaFlamme Patricia Lewis Kathleen Sin clair Peter LeRay John Thompson David Greene and Diana Farrar with student directors Annette Roy Lorri Gauthier Kiamlie Mahar and Kelly Brundige. The program is led by Sister Cecilia Marie with Sister Margaret as teacher. A Veterans Memorial service precedes at 11:30 a.m. and Memorial Day plans are set for next Saturday parade at 10:30 a.m. with Mt Anthony High and Junior High bands attending.
Angered dairy farmers say they will drive their cows through downtown Montpelier to press for higher milk prices. The cattle march coincides with a Milk Control Board meeting on June 11 to consider a two cent per quart price raise sought by processors. Farmers accuse the board of being in processors hands as protests spread across Vermont Maine New Hampshire and New York.
Richard Mayberry of Groveton New Hampshire sues in U.S. District Court seeking more than 1 million dollars over a December fatal snowmobile crash in East Haven. Passenger Antonio Jan Trombley of Calais Vermont was killed when Mayberry’s machine struck a chain across an abandoned road placed by landowner Edward Sawyer of East Burke Vermont.
The Killington Sports Car Club sponsors a hillclimb at Okemo Mountain with the state Forests and Parks Department and the Okemo ski area. Trials start 10 a.m. Saturday June 6 with free grounds admission. Okemo base lodge will offer refreshments.
UPI reports the federal crackdown on narcotics smuggling at the northern border will come to Vermont under Operation Able. The plan calls for increased baggage inspections of travelers crossing the border with illicit narcotics and marijuana cited as targets. Details and timing were not disclosed by Paul Brough, district director of the U.S. Customs Service.
Report notes guerrillas opened fire first with bazookas then sprayed a bus with bullets. Al Ahram quoted by a semiofficial source claims the United States supplies Israel with 130 CH53 helicopters to convert part of its mechanized infantry into airborne forces. The CH53 can carry 40 men.
The federal government seeks $64 000 in tax claimed for transfer or sale of marijuana tied to a 1968 Morristown seizure. Charles Torrey Bridgeman, 23, of Burlington and Charlotte, is serving a prison sentence for possession and bridgeman’s property faces a lien filed by the government in Burlington and neighboring community clerks. The assessment cites the transfer of 40 pounds at 100 dollars per ounce. Bridgeman is imprisoned at Windsor State Prison for six months to two years.
Orange officials continue sixth day of search for Roger Dubois seven and Russell three who vanished in the woodlands with their father Arthur during a firewood gathering. National Guardsmen joined state troopers and wardens in a mass effort across several square miles but no trace has been found as Roger marked his seventh birthday on Thursday.
On Saturday night a joint installation of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1332 and auxiliary starts at 7 p.m. followed by a members only barbecued chicken supper from 8 to 9 and dancing 9 to 1 with the Wonder Valley Gang. A public card party at the Senior Citizens Center features pitch, prizes, and refreshments. Rehearsals for Louis Calabro's Oratorio occur tonight at 7:30 in Mount Anthony Union High School Auditorium, with a chorus session tomorrow at 2. A hot chicken supper by Eagles Aerie 1861 and ladies auxiliary is set for Saturday 6 to 8 p.m. dancing 9 to 1 with George O'Brien and his orchestra. Fran Maynard of Bennington is among Vermont Technical College athletes honored Thursday at Randolph Center.
Bennington College announces next week's schedule of discussions on the Vietnam War and related topics. Events include Asian workshop sessions, lectures by Stanley Eskin and Leonard Rowe, and a League of Women Voters representative in Kilpatrick living room. A second workshop on women and society is also planned.
Pownal School Board plans an opinion poll letter to voters to gauge appetite for action after four bond defeats to expand Center School. Supt Corcoran to seek one more year of split sessions. letters due May 28. results to be reviewed with the Liaison Committee.
Montpelier leadership urged to lead conservation by adopting four cylinder cars and recycling more. SAVE petitions circulate among state employees calling for no No 6 fuel oil burns and banning non returnable bottles at cafeterias.
Vermont women seeking abortions will be referred to New York state after July 1 by the Vermont Chapter of Planned Parenthood. The referral will simply state Vermont bans abortion counselling and provide the New York chapter’s telephone number.
Manchester Center and Manchester Depot post offices will be combined administratively effective June 30, with both offices remaining open for now. A new site is to be determined amid a Nixon administration funds freeze. One postmaster may oversee both offices.
Windsor County senatorial hopeful John Alden of Woodstock told Royalton Chamber of Commerce that a strong consumer voice is needed in state and national politics. He cited dirty pork sausage and other foods, praised Ralph Nader, and proposed bills licensing auto mechanics and TV repairers plus a frozen foods drained weight label.
In Pownal the school board and teachers agreed on a contract featuring a $6,400 starting salary and extensive fringe benefits. John Barrett, the teacher negotiator, praised the benefits like Blue Cross Blue Shield and sick leave, but called the salary settlement disappointing compared with the New England average of $6,650. He noted districts bargained ahead and that earlier settlements constrained them.
A slate of film showings includes Anne of the Thousand Days with Burton and Bujold at the Harte Theatre Monday through Thursday 8 pm and Friday to Sunday 6 30 and 9 pm Women in Love from a D H Lawrence tale with Bates and Reed at Williamstown Sunday 7 and 9 10 pm Battle of Britain with an English cast plus Pussycat Pussycat I Love You at Bennington Drive In at dusk All the Loving Couples and Castle Keep with Burt Lancaster at Hathaway's Drive In at dusk
Commander Thomas Kinney of VFW Post 1332 backs President Nixon’s Cambodia policy to save American lives. He argues amendments to block funds would abandon U S troops fighting a cruel enemy and that Congress supported the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Admissions list names residents from Hoosick Falls North Adams and Manchester area. Discharges include Bennington Manchester and Hoosick Falls patients. Birth reports a daughter for Frederick Wilkins III of West Road on May 21. WYCKOFF death notes Ethel Shaw 85 widow of Chauncey Shaw formerly of Bennington. Survivors listed with multiple moves and memorial details.
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