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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1965
Page
2
U.S. District Judge Ernest Gibson, 64, declined to state if he will retire in March, saying the decision is his. The Vermont governor and former U.S. senator noted he has not decided, while Democrats watch as the federal judgeship remains a political prize.
The Vermont Public Service Board holds a hearing today in Newport on Citizens Utility Co. rate increase plans. The company had sought 16 percent two years ago, but the board reduced it to 3 percent, a ruling appealed to the Vermont Supreme Court and sent back for reconsideration.
Bennington County is among seven Vermont counties eligible to seek grants under the Economic Development Program which offers technical assistance loans and grants for public works and facilities to support existing and encourage new industrial development. Chittenden and Rutland counties are eligible. Caledonia Essex Grand Isle and Orleans counties are eligible for both grants and loans.
The Legislative Salaries Committee will meet Tuesday in Woodstock to discuss pay for Vermont's 150 representatives and 30 senators. Governor Hoff favors at least 120 dollars weekly plus living and travel expenses. current pay is 80 dollars weekly with a weekly round trip home. If the subcommittee approves a figure, the final recommendation goes to the legislature, which must vote its own pay hikes.
UPI reports U S Forester Paul Newcomb says the eastern youth Job Corps camp in Green Mountain National Forest will open February 1, two weeks past schedule. The camp, built for 120 unemployed youths, has completed buildings and water systems with power and sewage work underway. The original opening date was January 15 as part of the War on Poverty.
The Legislative Council schedules a December 8 seminar where Gov. Philip H. Hoff will address newly elected legislators at 10 30 a m. Republicans criticize the governor’s plan to discuss his proposed bills with the new lawmakers terming it brainwashing.
In Dolgeville New York Robert Middleton 36 a Little Falls radio announcer and program director at WLFH was killed late Saturday when his car jumped a curb and struck a tree.
Eastman Kodak Company awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute two grants totaling 32200 as part of a 24 million education aid program this year. One 25000 grant supports the institute development program and the other is an unrestricted direct grant for graduates employed by Kodak for five years. The Speakers Bureau Directory lists 175 topics and 100 faculty and staff volunteers available to speak free to organizations in the Capital District.
Traffic on Routes 2 and 7 surged as nearly 10 000 fans filled Weston field for the Williams Amherst game. Route 7 northbound was bumper to bumper toward Pownal on Saturday for the Green Mountain Park racing finale. Separately in Pittsfield two dozen tobacco users attended a five day YMCA clinic led by Rev Leo Poirier to quit nicotine. In Williamstown bids for a North Street town office renovation will be opened soon with local and out of state contractors eligible. North Adams postal officials investigated a parcel left at Florida Consolidated School believed to be a long misplaced wooden bed tray once sent to William Percy of Chester who has died.
A 23 state alert was issued for Gary G Rosenquist 28 of Grand Isle missing manager of Jan s Famous Shoes in Burlington. Police say he is suspected in connection with missing store receipts and bad checks. He vanished two weeks after borrowing Harold Reed s car and was due to pick Reed up to drive to Boston.
Vermont Governor Hoff accuses reporters of underreporting American political efforts in Viet Nam. He spoke with Governor Chafee on a national telecast after a Japan trade mission, arguing the press favors war coverage over U.S. political success stories. Chafee warned against expecting negotiations and urged continuing military buildup to press the Viet Cong.
Raymond Guthrie a poet and professor emeritus of French at Dartmouth College mailed his World War I Silver Star to President Johnson to protest the Vietnam War. The Norwich Vermont resident said he planned to be buried with the medal but decided to act, sending a note urging Johnson to wear two stars.
Edmond Mott, 27, of Sheffield, Massachusetts, will face trial in Murmansk on charges of illegally crossing the border after entering Soviet territory without a visa. The proceeding, starting November 22, is not expected to involve espionage. The embassy says Mott remains jailed and will be defended by a Soviet attorney with his parents allowed to attend.
Five U S senators including George D Aiken and Edmund Muskie prepared to meet French President Charles De Gaulle in Paris to seek his views on key world issues. The delegation, led by Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, had traveled from Washington and planned to proceed to Warsaw after the lunch with French officials.
The Bennington Banner lists contact numbers for Telephones Newsroom and Advertising at 442-6300 442-2800 and 442-2684. It notes publication every day except Sunday and legal holidays from 425 Main St Bennington Vermont 05201 with United Press International affiliation. Subscription prices: Vermont 3 months 6.30 6 months 11.70 1 year 22.50 U.S. elsewhere 3 months 7.00 6 months 13.00 1 year 25.00 Second class postage paid at Bennington VT 05201.
The Yarmouth Castle, a 5043 ton liner, burned and sank with 84 lives lost. It previously plied New England coastal routes from Boston to Yarmouth Nova Scotia from the late 1920s through the 1940s, later serving as a troop ship in 1941 and ferrying war brides home after WWII.
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