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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1968
Page
5
The Vermont Education Board suspended Royalton College of South Royalton from granting degrees indefinitely after a public hearing. The action targets finance, administrative ability, and library facilities. The college requested a 90 day window for improvements, but the request was denied.
U S Representative Emory Hebard Republican of Glover plans to censure the war on poverty during a public hearing in New port Tuesday. Lt Governor John Daley scheduled the session to probe hunger in Orleans County following a national hunger and malnutrition report.
Dr Charles S Houston a Himalayan climber and UVM Community Medicine professor will headline the Green Mountain Club annual meeting at the Bavarian Castle in Proctorsville. He has climbed the Himalayas four times and written K-2 The Savage Mountain and Five Miles High. A GMC business panel led by President Robert Attenborough will discuss New Thoughts for the GMC. A Swap Shop for used camping gear will operate during the day and evening.
UPI reports Sen. John O'Brien 71 of Burlington aims to run again this fall. A foe of Phase Four Burlington Beltline, O'Brien has served in the Vermont Senate since 1959 and chairs the Senate Highways and Bridges Committee. Rep. Arthur Gibb, House Natural Resources chair, also seeks another term from District 15 covering Middlebury Ripton and Weybridge. first elected in 1963.
Troy Hogan's Market posts a 1934 Boston Meat and Grocery Co. ad showing bargain prices from the era such as sausage 15 cents per lb, pork chops 12 1/2 cents, porterhouse 17 cents, coffee 19 cents per lb, butter 2 lb for 59 cents, and other staples including potatoes sugar and canned peaches.
The Troy Board of Education unveiled a 7,098,996.57 dollar tentative budget for 1968-69, a 1,025,000 rise in appropriations. The tax rate increase is 1.10, the smallest rise among area districts. Assistant Superintendent Doyle cites higher pay for teachers and staff, increased benefits, and transportation costs as drivers of the rise.
Defense witnesses in a Lee District Court case against David Silverstein include Jesuit teacher Rev. Richard Bidwell S J, playwright William Gibson, and psychologist Dr Johanna Kramer. The charge cites the March 29 East Village Other issue as basis for possession of obscene printed material with intent to sell. The case was continued for 30 days for finding and disposition.
Bruce D. McConnell of North Adams, 22, will be charged Monday in Berkshire Superior Court for the Aug. 1967 killing of 19 year old Bonnie Briggs Pearson of New Port New Hampshire. The trial had been set for February but was delayed by a mistrial caused by the illness of the defense counsel's wife.
North Adams City Council passes resolution to join the Federal Food Stamp program amid federal cutbacks. Eight communities in the state are designated, with Amherst the only other active participant. Lilly opposes. No guarantee of participation due to funding limits.
The Modjeska lamp, carried by the famed Polish actress in Macbeth, becomes the emblem of the Emma Frederick Bandel Acting Award at the University of Vermont. It honors student actors and was presented by Betty Bandel, a theatre educator, to promote drama study at the university.
The Ripon Society, an independent Republican research group, says Ronald Reagan is unqualified for any national post requiring high administrative or diplomatic responsibility. It cites his simplistic domestic approach, rhetoric without competence, and fixation on military force abroad, urging caution on a Nixon-Reagan ticket and noting his lack of governing experience.
Marine Cpl. Stanley J. Luczko Jr. of Gardner Massachusetts faces sentencing on voluntary manslaughter charges after a second court martial in Virginia. Convicted of the 1965 death of an elderly Vietnamese woman during a search and destroy patrol Luczko claims he mistook her for a Viet Cong.
Morrisville reports a stock gift totaling $680 pushed the Save Our Bridge fund beyond its $5,000 goal for preserving the Wolcott St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad covered bridge. VBHS backed the effort with $9,000 state support and the council raised $5,000 in private funds. The project installed two steel spans inside the bridge, preserving the structure on site.
Boston Globe reports New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller holds 70 of 98 New England Republican delegates to the national convention. Nixon has 25 delegates, with three uncommitted. Globe notes regional leaders fear Nixon could hurt GOP tickets but rank and file prefer Rockefeller for his primary record and comeback effort. Rockefeller carries all Massachusetts and Rhode Island delegates, plus portions from Maine, Vermont, and Connecticut.
Flower ChildSAN QUENTIN California Inmate Donald Lee Burton 25 was reported missing during an afternoon check at San Quentin and found 90 minutes later in a flower bed inside the prison walls. He said he wasn t trying to escape just wanted to be alone to think.
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