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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1967
Page
5
Gov Hoff submitted a Department of Housing and Urban Development request for funds to study a statewide information system and a planning budgeting program. The Central Planning Office guides the Vermont comprehensive plan with Budget and Management overseeing the studies. The budgeting system aims to improve state financial efficiency and data for agencies and local governments.
In Albany the state police introduced an air force with an $18 000 single engine Cessna Skyhawk. Pilots Division members demonstrated pavement line timing to clock speeding vehicles from the air and relay details to ground units. Separately Troy and other districts plan to open schools Wednesday amid crowding in Cohoes and a teacher shortage. Over 500 railroad buffs attended the National Railroad Historical Society convention in Albany, where Dumaine criticized federal delays on the Pennsylvania and New York Central merger.
Warm sunny weather drew more than 25 000 visitors to Schaghticoke Fair on Monday pushing total attendance past 67 000. If trends hold the final day could push the year’s tally above the 1966 record of 71 000.
Senator Edward M Kennedy delivered a 682500 Economic Development Administration loan check in Boston to J Haines Spencer for the purchase of Bancroft Arnold Finishing Division of Indian Head Mills in North Adams. The $1.15 million deal aims to keep the plant operating amid eight weeks of negotiation, with Spencer as president and Mervin Wineberg and J Norman O'Connor as vice presidents. A Mohawk Trail business operator laments poor weather and traffic shifts reducing commerce as Expo and regional tourism grow.
Park and Recreation Commission workers reported cooler Labor Day weather kept Windsor Lake Swimming Area crowded by many floats and rafts but low attendance overall. Commission Chairman George A. Fairs noted record car traffic yet short visits due to rainy or cloudy days.
About 800 to 1000 people visited the Mt Greylock Reservation on Monday as the summer season ended. Foreman Saul Love said the park stays open into October and peak crowds are expected during the first two weekends of October.
Barbara Park Bausch of Stratton Montpelier Shelburne completed a lion medal design for the Vermont Council on the Arts to honor excellence in the arts. The governor is to present the item to pianist Rudolf Serkin at a Stratton Inn dinner on Wednesday.
In Brooklyn a 14 year old fatally shot by a plainclothes detective sparked a riot threat. Emmanuel Bey, an antipoverty worker, led a crowd away from violence as police prepared for a clash. Police arrested six and injured officers and a sergeant, while the dead youth was identified as Richard Ross.
Mrs. Mary Colvin of Waterbury visits her mother Mrs. Fred Tye in West Arlington Sandgate. The Richard Stroffelene family returned from a week in Kittery Maine visiting friends. Children enjoyed swimming at Sea Point and Mr and Mrs Richard Mears of Atlanta Georgia visit their Vermont relatives for three weeks.
The fourth Stratton Arts Festival runs Sept 29 Oct 8 at Stratton Mountain Lodge with expanded exhibit space and broader Vermont talent. Highlights include sculpture, paintings, weaving, jewelry, and furniture. entertainment from Andy Leader and Mike Sinclair on Sept 30. square dancing, film evenings, and Brattleboro Music Center concert on Oct 7. Tyrolean music finale Oct 8. Admission is free. hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Christopher Riley, 16, of Castleton-on-Hudson, died in a one car collision in East Greenbush Sunday evening. Four other youths were injured and transported to Albany Medical Center. Riley, a Maple Hill High School senior‑to‑be, had just passed his driving test and was driving with an interim license. His parents, natives of Hoosick Falls, were visiting relatives in Hoosick Falls at the time of the crash. He previously lived in Hoosick Falls before moving to Castleton.
A Republican town caucus will be held on September 12 at 8 p.m. at the home of Ralph W. Howe Jr. All Wilmington Republicans who are legal voters are eligible to attend and vote. The caucus selects a Republican Town Committee and may decide on support for a pre-primary convention to pick state candidates.
The Vermont Highway Department announced surface retreatment on U S 7 from East Dorset to Mt Tabor this week. Traffic will be maintained during the project.
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