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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1967
Page
5
St Johnsbury Development Fund will present the first state funded application for an industrial park project at Greenwood Farm. The plan calls for a 30,000 square foot shell as part of a local non profit venture with state loan support under a 1967 legislative provision.
Commissioner Reinhold W Thieme announced availability of Ground Water Favorability Maps for five additional river basins Winooski Lamoille Missisquoi Lake Memphremagog and Nulhegan Passumpsic bringing total to seven reports. The maps indicate thick water bearing sand and gravel deposits by color and identify less favorable areas and result from a three year joint Vermont Department of Water Resources and USGS Water Resources Division project.
Ten drawings in Vermont and New Hampshire raised 923 pints for Mansfield Avenue Red Cross Blood Center in Burlington. Vermont towns exceeded 100 pints each, led by Burlington with 233, St Johnsbury 134, Montpelier 122, and St Albans 114. The week’s 779 pints were distributed to 731 pints to Vermont and New Hampshire hospitals.
Schuylerville marks Surrender Day with a three day observance October 13 to 15 under Revolutionary War Celebrations Inc. Activities include a dance ball parade and tactical demonstrations with a main event October 15 at 2 p.m. at Saratoga National Historical Park. The events launch a 10 year series leading to 1977 and the 200th anniversary of Saratoga Burgoyne’s surrender. On the Troy Menands Bridge traffic will be restricted as the lift is dismantled and the bridge converted to a fixed span. A Watervliet man Maurice P Appleman Jr 26 died in D and H yard attempting to prevent a collision between two loaded boxcars.
In Berkshire North Adams the Morrisseys of Thomas Morrissey request further investigation after his April death from thorazine poisoning at Pittsfield General Hospital. Assistant Attorney General Rudolph Sacco notes potential additional action. Judge Edward Dobiecki ruled the death involved no unlawful act. State police warn parents to watch for dynamite or caps as 50 sticks were seized from a Otis construction company magazine. A 60,000 strong crowd attended the Northern Berkshire fall foliage parade honoring Walt Disney with 26 units, 21 floats, 3254 marchers. notable guests included U.S. Sen Edward Kennedy and Gov John Volpe.
The Interstate Commerce Commission moved quickly to set oral arguments on plans to keep the bankrupt New Haven Railroad active long enough to include it in the Penn Central merger talks. The arguments will focus on three days of hearings held last week as part of ongoing merger considerations.
Mrs Paul A Collyer of Needham Mass will address the Woman's Society of the First Baptist Church Tuesday on New Horizons in Missions after a 6:30 p.m. covered dish supper with guests from North Besington. Collyer, a Denison grad, has studied at Colgate Rochester Divinity and in Peking, with service in Asia and Taiwan.
Worcester Massachusetts telegraph notes NAACP treasurer Alfred B. Lewis said the group would actively back President Johnson in 1968 if Ronald Reagan wins the GOP nomination. If Nelson Rockefeller secures the bid, the NAACP would let the public assess the record and would likely refrain from a public endorsement. Lewis cited poverty programs as hindered by congressional funding cuts and called the war on poverty an uneven effort.
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