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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1969
Page
5
Verd er Elwell of Shaftsbury urges broad civic participation in the October 15 Vietnam peace moratorium. He urges working people to sacrifice and attend events to mourn the dead and urge leaders to end the war, noting taxes affect laborers more than the rich.
Readers praise and critique local and national antiwar efforts. Mae Duhamel argues against broad moratorium aims while supporting the right to express opposition. Martin V. Brown commends Manfred Ehrich for loyalty to state and President amid political divisions.
Cardinal Cushing called Catholics to participate in the Vietnam Moratorium and urged churches to hold services for lasting peace. Massachusetts leaders and faculty at Boston University School of Law backed the moratorium, with supporters from Middlebury College and Yale calling for cease fire and troop withdrawal by 1971. Professors, lawmakers, and officials plan rallies and letter campaigns across New England.
Vermont Legislative Council faces criticism of its studies and votes to pursue two more investigations on legislative rules and procedure within two weeks. Rep. Giuliani pushes reform including annual sessions and drafting services. Sen. Kitchell defends council as a fair achievement by a small group.
Rich ard M. Cook, former sports editor of the Vermont Sunday News at Burlington, will leave Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy to become public information director at Clarkson College of Technology in Potsdam. Cook has prior roles as manager of WPDM radio in Potsdam and information director of WPTZ TV in Plattsburgh.
Folksinger Arlo Guthrie married Jackie Hyde on a Berkshire hillside in Washington Massachusetts. The ceremony included Officer Obie Obanheimer from Stockbridge and food catered by Alice Brock. Judy Collins performed a love piece and Woody Guthrie’s widow read a poem by Woody. The couple plans a honeymoon tour before resuming work on Arlo’s farm.
Atty Gen James Jeffords may ask Gov Deane C Davis to appoint a special prosecutor for Earl Miner 26 of Springfield in a retrial for the 1967 murder of his wife The Vermont Supreme Court ordered a new trial after overturning Miners 1964 conviction due to violations of the right against self incrimination Jeffords noted Mahady Windsor County state s attorney and ex defense lawyer in Miner case could block his office from prosecuting prompting a request for a special counsel
In Montpelier Vermont Senator Jeffords expresses uncertainty about appointing the attorney general by the governor. A committee backed the plan and proposed the governor pick from a judicial board list. Jeffords urged reform to attract experienced lawyers and considered keeping elected status with longer terms and higher pay. He has not made up his mind but has no serious objections to the appointive process.
The Automo bile Legal Association proposes a national moratorium day against highway deaths to focus attention on the cost in lives and money. Philip C. Wallwork, the safety director, cites 1,825,000 highway deaths since the turn of the century and about 400,000 in the last eight years, urging a day-long pause for possible solutions.
Patrolman Francis R. McNolty 38 pleaded no contest in Rutland District Court to petty larceny and resigned from the Rutland Police Department. A burglary charge was dismissed. a pre sentence investigation was ordered after the judge found him innocent of that count.
Montpelier House Ways and Means Chairman Peter Giuliani said he would look with great reluctance toward spending above the current 96.6 million dollars, tempers Gov. Davis plan for a 10 percent jump in fiscal 1971 as tax returns from the 3 percent sales levy exceed expectations. In Northfield, funeral services were set for former state Rep. Howard N. Hanson, 78, who served in 1949 and 1959 and held various education roles. In Burlington, Georgianna Lord, 64, died from injuries after a four car pileup near Montpelier.
In Albany, Most Rev Edwin P Broderick approves a plan allowing Catholics to fulfill Sunday obligation by attending Mass on Saturday or on the day before Holy Days. The bishop cites resort visitors and rural priest shortages as reasons for the change. A trailways of Kingston applies to PSC to take over five STC intercity routes, potentially affecting municipal private operation.
The Pittsfield Housing Authority votes to urge Adams Supermarkets to move ahead with a $1 million Jubilee Urban Renewal Area project including a supermarket a discount store a bank and shops fueling possible friction with J Alan Ornstein who plans a $15 million Berkshire Mall nearby In Lanesboro a New York firm buys 112 acres opposite Rockwell Road for a second home project Deeds show Correct Homes Inc sold to Ivy League Development Corp for about $50 000 In Great Barrington Dr Horace Mann Bond a Georgia official attends the W E B Du Bois Memorial Park dedication October 18 near the late leader's boyhood home.
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