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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1966
Page
1
President Johnson arrived in Anchorage late Tuesday night from Seoul after a long Asia trip and, despite near freezing rain, sought a brief meet with locals before resuming duties. He emphasized connecting with people and continuing his administration’s agenda.
Ten members of an elite Cleveland National Forest firefighting unit died trapped on a steep hillside as they battled a Pacoima Canyon brush fire in Los Angeles area. Fifteen other firefighters were injured three critically. The blaze burned over 2,100 acres with 750 firefighters on scene. victims were from the E Corizo Hot Shots.
Heirs of James B. Wilbur sue the University of Vermont to recover a $3 million trust fund left for scholarships. The suit, filed in Bennington County Chancery Court by James B. Wilbur III and Mrs. Martha C. Wilbur, targets UVM as a primary beneficiary and seeks restitution of the designated trust assets.
Bennington faces a special town meeting next Tuesday on a $310000 bond issue to fund a new water system. The plan includes a diversion dam, a 500000 gallon settling basin, and a 31 mile pipeline to a storage reservoir, with total costs around $49850 and federal aid of about $18850. The project would double daily water output to 2.8 million gallons, meeting current and future needs through century end and beyond.
At 3:15 am near the DMZ a hand grenade attack by North Korean troops killed six Americans and one South Korean, wounding another. The assault occurred half a mile inside South Korea, about 20 miles from Camp Stanley where President Johnson had visited. The UN Command called for an immediate joint armistice commission meeting.
About 30 women and six men joined a Tuesday night meeting to sign up for continued picketing of three local supermarkets through Friday. The campaign began last Friday at First National Grand Union and A P stores with efforts also drawing interest from Warwick Rhode Island shoppers and Rochester New York critics. Democratic candidate Robert F. Kearns attended and pledged full support.
A late Tuesday blaze at the Pownal town dump sparked heavy smoke over much of North Pownal. Firefighters from three towns and volunteers battled winds-driven flames until 5:30 PM. Residents feared spread toward Hoosac River and nearby buildings. State fire marshal ordered 12 to 24 hour watch to deter recurrences.
Inside column endorses Gov Hoff for another term on page four. Elizabeth Dwyer argues against tax utopia in the same page four section. Hoosick Falls Central School ham radio club outlines bold plans on page ten.
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