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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1967
Page
5
The Temporary Advisory Commission on School Reorganization will seek Dec 14 approval of recommendations to create unified K 12 districts with authority to add post graduate education. The plan would consolidate Vermont 270 districts into about 30 35 units with one board and superintendent per district and a single tax base.
Vermont and New Hampshire agreed the Connecticut River should be class B from Wilder Dam to the Massachusetts line. The Vermont Water Resources Board heard the proposal in White River Junction. Officials said towns along the river must comply with clean up orders, and both states favor allowing swimming. Hartford and Brattleboro were cited as pollution sources while Bellows Falls and Windsor plan sewage treatment plants.
Two Goddard College students pleaded innocent in Washington District Court to possession of cannabis and heroin. Jack Neuworth, 20, of New York City, held on 700 dollars bail for two cannabis counts. Joseph Godwin, 21, of New Jersey, remanded on 500 dollars bail for cannabis and heroin. Neuworth also faced a hallucinogenic drug sale and use charge with 500 dollars additional bail. No trial dates set. Arrest followed a Wednesday night search at Winestein Hall on the Plainfield campus.
A 92-year-old Milton woman, Elizabeth Kennedy, died of a heart attack believed caused by cigarette burns sustained in a house fire. Her sister Mary Kennedy reported smelling smoke about ten minutes after leaving her in the living room. Kennedy was found on the floor partially burned. Dr. Maurice Villemaire ruled the death a heart attack.
New York state moves to improve downtown Albany surroundings of the governor’s mansion with a 500000 project. Planned features include a large swimming pool an enlarged parking area an oriental garden and a big lawn. An underground storage space will be built beneath the pool with some financial help from the governor.
The Urban Renewal Agency announced that Fifth Avenue brownstones will be demolished as Bloomfield Building Wreckers Inc. moves its equipment to the site. Preservation costs were deemed prohibitive after a Hudson River Valley Commission review. A large medical center is planned for the site.
Albany Mohawk Airlines said it would meet with Air Line Pilots Association representatives and national mediators in Washington Monday to prevent a strike by 300 pilots set to begin at midnight Tuesday. The move follows a 30 day cooling off period mandated by federal law after talks broke down in public transportation negotiations.
Berkshire mayor elect James F. Cleary announces Benjamin Apkin as city solicitor and William L. Bolt as public works commissioner. Apkin replaces Bernard Lenhoff. Bolt replaces Joseph J. Girardi. Both appointees previously held their posts. Bolt placed third in the prelim for mayor behind Cleary and Florini. Windover of Sprague Electric named to head the 10 member advisory committee.
Mount Greylock Regional High School Committee and Mount Greylock Faculty Association have reached an impasse. Chairman Bruce R. Carlson announced the committee has asked the state Board of Conciliation and Arbitration to start fact-finding. Salary disputes are the main sticking point.
Town Treasurer Nancy Carroll will auction 39 parcels seized for non payment of taxes. The sale begins Saturday at 1. Included are 34 Skyview Drive lots on Lake Ashmere.
The six New England governors meeting in Boston postponed interstate action on regional air pollution until January 1968. Discussion centered on joining the Middle Atlantic Air Pollution Control Compact, with Connecticut already a member, but a formal decision was deferred. Governors Hoff Chafee Volpe urged immediate regional planning while others urged compact participation. Also proclaimed a Viet Nam serviceman support, and touched on river basins and higher education cooperation.
A student committee at Goddard College will hear IVS recruiter Jim Linn speak but blocks recruitment. About fifty students barricaded Linn on a stairway for three hours as he described IVS work in Southeast Asia. Russell Neufeld and Daniel Rosenberg defended the barricade amid a minor scuffle and protests against U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War.
Winooski mayor Edmund DuPont hailed the selection of his town as one of 63 to receive the first model cities planning grants. The city seeks about 105000 in funds to launch a 13 million program featuring sidewalks, curbing, refurbished buildings, slum clearance and a community center. The one year grant is the start, with further funding to follow for a full five year development.
Applications to the unofficial dating center at the University of Toronto show an estimated 20 percent rise in virginity rates among female applicants. Computer engineer John Pullam notes 80 percent claim virginity this year versus 60 percent last year, expressing skepticism about the figures.
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