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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1967
Page
5
Governor Philip Hoff told the Vermont Boy Scout State Dinner that America's youth are increasingly isolated from adults. He praised scouting for providing identity and a life guiding code, urging more boys into scouting to build future leadership and improve societal values.
Washington County State's Attorney Joseph Palmisano says his inquiry into how county juries are chosen found no irregularities. Judge Connarn ordered the probe after a Berlin store defendant challenged the jury for not reflecting the county. Palmisano reports progress and will present findings Tuesday. In Middlebury, Edward Feidner spoke on a blend of Shakespearean and educational theatre at the Poetry Society of Vermont dinner meeting. In Woodstock, Windsor County Grand Jury convened to hear evidence in the deaths of Wendell and Jean Jesse, Rochester, with a 15 year old suspect held on a juvenile warrant.
In Hoolick Falls New York a car driven by a newly married man collided with a concrete abutment after failing a curve. His wife Sandra Wroblewski of Adams and the groom Jean Richard of North Adams were injured. Richard is in satisfactory condition at Albany Medical Center and Mrs. Richard is in fair condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital. The couple wed Saturday at St. Stanislaus Church Adams. In Saratoga a Piper Cub plane crash landed at a local airfield injuring pilot John W. Harper and passenger Carolyn J. Cook. Wind caused the wing to strike a tree during approach. In Colonie Tobin Packing Co employees reached a settlement ending a month long strike with 800 workers receiving pay raises and a cost of living adjustment.
Two people were admitted to North Adams Hospital Saturday night with stab wounds after a strange incident on Houghton Street. Sarah Morse, 17, and Clarence Davis, 24, were listed in good condition Sunday. Morse said a man attacked her returning from a movie, then Davis arrived at the police station with a stab wound he described as personal safety related. His brother said he admitted stabbing a girl on Houghton Street. In Adams, selectmen were informed by HUD that the town urban renewal project qualifies for Housing Act of 1948 benefits, including non residential area criteria and delayed redevelopment provisions. In Pittsfield, Gary Hopkins, 29, was treated at St. Luke's Hospital after walking and falling through the glass front door at Jefferson Lanes.
In U S District Court in Boston three defendants, Thomas R Richards 41 John J Kelley 53 and Patricia Diaferio 32 mother of four, go on trial for the Plymouth mail robbery as the nation’s largest cash heist involving 1 551 million. The case linked to a 1962 route 3 Plymouth holdup with a gunpoint crew detouring traffic and taking 16 mailbags from a truck bound for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The trio, indicted July 31, is defended by F Lee Bailey and faces charges of robbing US mail and endangering two postal workers. The federal statute of limitations has expired though state deadlines remain.
Cambridge Massachusetts voters will decide a referendum opposing the Vietnam War. The measure seeks the prompt return of American troops and would declare December 1 as Peace in Vietnam Day. Ballots include separate city races.
Connecticut Governor John N. Dempsey will open a Hartford public hearing by the New England Regional Commission to discuss economic and social problems of the six state region. The panel also includes five other New England governors and Federal Cochairman John J. Linnehan.
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