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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1966
Page
2
The Vermont Council of Churches postponed its annual meeting to November 5 due to a quorum failure at the Saturday afternoon session. A 13 point positions statement on social issues will be discussed, with the Montpelier reschedule tentative. The Rev. Roger Albright said 50 members were present in the morning, but many clergy had other duties later.
Castleton Town Manager John Mulligan outlines a privately financed clinic to be ready by September with modern medical services an emergency room a laboratory and X ray room. Doctors David Congdon and Robert Cross will operate the facility with funding from the doctors and private citizens, reducing reliance on Rutland Hospital for local services.
In the week ending, Vermont and New Hampshire donors supplied 751 pints in seven drawings, up from 469 pints the prior week. Mansfield Ave Red Cross distributed 672 pints, with 615 to 62 regional hospitals and 57 to other centers. University of New Hampshire students led with 505 pints in a three way draw. Lebanon NH topped the 100 pint goal with 101 pints.
An 18-year-old boy, John M. Madison, missing since Wednesday, was found dead Sunday on Theron Krouse's land. State police noted a 20-gauge shotgun nearby and indicated the death appeared self inflicted.
Hoosick Donn B. Wright, 38, will be installed as headmaster of Hoosac School on October 29. A graduate of Lawrenceville School and Trinity College, he studied at NYU and the General Theological Seminary and has long served as an Episcopal lay reader. A separate item notes Hoosick Falls Village Board will meet to vote on a 1.05 million floating bond for a sewage disposal plant, with about 30 percent locally funded and the rest from state and federal sources.
Clarence J. Bousquet, founder of the Bousquet Ski Area in 1928 and a major early ski venue promoter, died Saturday in Pittsfield General Hospital at age 77. Born in Spencer in 1889, he lived most of his life in Pittsfield, served in the tank corps during World War I, and founded Charlie and Charlie's Sporting Goods and the Pittsfield Aero Club. Funeral at Wellington Funeral Home Tuesday at 2.
A Sunday afternoon fire at 46-48 Curtis Ave in Dalton caused several thousand dollars in damage to a two family residence owned by Police Chief Walter R. Decker and occupied by his family and James D. Fenn and family. Chief Charles A. Reid said flames started in the attic front section, breaking through the roof. Firemen arrived at 12:51 p.m. and worked about three hours with three trucks and 15 firefighters, keeping lower floors water damage minimal.
Mayor Del Gallo, Public Works Commissioner John Daniels, and Planning Director E. Boris Stahm meet with Dalton Selectman Thomas Callahan to straighten the boundary with nearby towns. Daniels estimates $10,000 for survey work but suggests following state Department of Public Works ground rules to avoid future problems.
Vermont records seven weekend fatalities including six road crash deaths raising the highway toll to 97. A head on collision near Middlebury killed three Rutland women Doris Johnson Zereda Roberts and Ellen Roberts. Stephen Huestia survived with minor injuries. A Syracuse glider pilot Roger Stanley Brown died after takeoff at Morrisville Stowe Airport. Other victims include Francis Farley Jr. in Proctor and Daniel Leroy Griffiths plus Navy Petty Officer 2 C Michael Holden in Wallingford with injuries to Francis Wolcott.
Enrollment at the six New England state colleges has surged twentyfold over 20 years to 50 000 students. The University of Vermont reports 4 500, Connecticut leads with 12 500, total faculty 4 000, 150 000 alumni, and plant assets at 359 million dollars. Operating budgets rose from 11.8 million to 132 million, prompting stronger legislative support for NE state universities. In Kodiak Alaska bars rise after an earthquake, labeled bourbon renewal by locals.
Officials in Manchester New Hampshire reported a mysterious tremor at 7 05 pm Sunday prompting police fire and radio stations to field calls The incident was described as a big noise with some residents fearing a plane crash and no immediate explanation was available from authorities
UPI reports Senator George D. Aiken R Vermont will headline the 25th anniversary banquet of the Otter Creek Soil and Water Conservation District serving Addison County and eastern Rutland County. Winston Seeley will preside as the district notes expanded work with nonagricultural cooperators.
Five Grand Isle County towns approved an 890000 dollar bond for a new union high school by a 19 vote margin. A recount was requested amid challenges to the election and questions about the union school board’s swearing in. The county’s existing high school is in Albury.
Police traced an anonymous tip to a cardboard box in Brooklyn where Tarzan and Jane, two chimpanzees stolen Friday from Prospect Park Zoo, were located in good spirits and excellent physical condition.
Senator Winston L. Prouty announced a total of 450000 in insured guaranteed loans for Vermont college students over two years, up from 175000. The Vermont Student Assistance Corp. administers the program. He cited a reinterpretation of the minimal advance by the Federal Education Office as enabling the higher amount without increasing overall authorization.
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