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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1970
Page
5
Gov. Deane C. Davis appointed Robert Babcock Jr. to head studies on Vermont environmental policy. Babcock, previously coordinator of Green-up Day, will lead a panel to study phasing out eight-cylinder cars, replacing them with four-cylinder models, banning No. 6 fuel oil in state buildings, encouraging aluminum can recycling, and banning non-returnable bottles.
A Boston UPI report details twelve telephone calls charged to Senator Edward M. Kennedy the day after Mary Jo Kopechne's drowning. One call to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s Cape Cod home originated from Martha’s Vineyard during the night in question. most calls were not made by Kennedy. The release accompanies court documents from the Kopechne investigation, noting other exhibits and testimonies.
Georgia faces funding hurdles for a $4.2 million whey processing plant project. Development Commissioner Robert Wilson cited a $125,000 fiscal 1971 budget, insufficient staff, and possible doubt over coordinator Henry McAvoy. He warned Foremost Foods Co. must accept Water Pollution guidelines to avoid state liability. The plant aims to cut 80 percent of local industrial water pollution and bids were hoped by January 1971.
Vermont officials renewed a massive forest search for Roger DuBois seven and Russell DuBois three near Orange and Topsham after they vanished May 16 with their father. Guardsmen troopers and volunteers scoured two locations near US 302 as authorities pressed on with the 13th day of the search.
Anna Champine of Rutland, 47, was acquitted by a Rutland County Court jury after an hour of deliberation in the October stabbing death of her husband Elmer Jr., 43. The defense argued the state failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt despite 11 witnesses for prosecutors.
The Vermont Employment Security Department announces a computer system on a seven year lease at 9500 dollars a month financed by the federal government. Commissioner Stella Hackel says the electronic data processing enables rapid information for planning budgeting and evaluation and will evolve into a job bank matching applicants with job orders. The department first used computing in 1966 to write benefit checks.
State authorities recovered the badly decomposed body of Stephen Burck, 24, in a wooded area of Chippenhook Clarendon after his May 27 disappearance. Officials saw no foul play but await pathologist findings on possible autopsy.
The Vermont State Employes Association asks the Vermont State Employes Labor Relations Board to rule that state workers can appeal performance appraisals. Executive secretary Garnett Harvey frames it as a legal right under the 1969 act. John Simonds, state personnel director, says the state will urge a fact finding committee at the June 3 Montpelier hearing.
SCHENECTADY two GE researchers Dr Herbert M Strong of Schenectady and Dr Robert H Wentorf Jr of Latham say they have produced 100 gem quality man made diamonds at GE R D Labs in Schenectady Their work shown at a New York City press conference before talks in Toronto raises questions about competition with natural gems The process costs several thousand dollars per carat ALBANY dust particle study shows 7390 tons settled in April requiring 124 railroad cars with 60 tons capacity to haul away concentrations highest in Green Island and Watervliet lowest in Charlton sulfates account for 620 tons of sediment from 5000 samplers
Louise Day Hicks blasted campus unrest and rights versus desires at a Berkshire breakfast, signaling an impending Boston mayoral bid after eyeing a possible congressional run. Adams Mayor Kevin White touted the Veterans Memorial Tower as a regional symbol and discussed gubernatorial ambitions amid local support. Sprague Electric and Aerovox Corp announced Sprague’s purchase of an 83 000 square foot Moncks Corner plant for expanded manufacturing.
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