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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1976
Page
9
On Sunday September 12 Green Mountain Park hosts a noon start with a miniature horse show a joint event with the Bennington Horse Show Association. The program then features the regular afternoon racing card closing the 1976 thoroughbred season.
Congressman Edward Pattison of New York co sponsors a bill to require public committee approval for all congressionally funded trips. It would demand itineraries, cost and benefit details, post trip reports, and public access to records. He notes he has not used taxpayer funded travel and cites ongoing public criticism of junkets.
Warren Hempstead, president of the Petersburg Concerned Taxpayers Group, says several lawyers are considering action to obtain relief from what members see as unfair assessments. The group agreed August 26 to hire an attorney to review assessor Joan Watrous duties, with plans to remove her if she is not fulfilling the job, or to amend the job description for stricter property inspections. a commitment from an attorney was hoped for before the September 16 meeting.
Perry hosts guests on a Wednesday evening as Norma Travis shows slides from Europe. Families in Washington D C Rochester N Y Clifton Park and Sun City dine together and 4 H exhibitors Janie Tudor and Larry Nolan place in State Fair events. Melissa Travis leaves for Toiers France to study for a year.
A pair of mornings last week saw a low of minus 34 in South Cambridge. David C. MacNeil of Bexleigh spent Sunday with his grandmother Mrs. Kenneth Aiken. The community mourns the death of lifelong resident Miss Mary T. Almy at her home.
Hoosick New York reports individual gifts totaling 1400 and 100 from the public towards a 7000 goal for a larger band stand in Wood Memorial Park. Band conductor William H. Gaillard plans bandstand committees in coming weeks as a fall fundraising drive is prepared.
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved two bills to aid smallholders. One would extend the rural fire protection program with a $7 annual authorization, boosting fire fighting equipment in Vermont. The other, co sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy, would require the agriculture secretary to study via the Cooperative Extension Service to lay groundwork for an educational program for small farmers seeking better operations.
Berlin selectmen voted unanimously to take their case to the state Supreme Court seeking to close an adult bookstore. They also asked surrounding towns for help with court costs after Washington County Superior Court Judge William Hill ruled the store a public nuisance. The Napro Development Corp owns the shop.
Barre Town Police Chief Robert Edwards said 11 vehicles pulled from the abandoned granite quarry were not reported stolen. Draining the quarry cost about 400 dollars, hoped to be covered by junk sales. Police aim to locate owners for possible court action.
Gov Thomas Salmon kicked off Energy Conservation Month by personally inspecting his Bellows Falls home with energy consultants. Using a state checklist, he found three inches of attic insulation insufficient for Vermont winters and noted possible savings with about 12 inches. Venting, fireplace dampers, storm windows and other measures matched expert guidance.
In New York Waterford sixteen Grand Union warehouse employees were rushed to Leonard Hospital in Troy after inhaling ammonia from a refrigeration leak. Workers fainted and felt dizzy as the warehouse was evacuated and fans cleared fumes. All treated and released. The leak was detected earlier. workers briefly re entered the building before symptoms recurred.
Stillwater residents gathered to complain of youth vandals in Riverside and seek regular night patrols after cars were damaged gardens overturned doghouses and hedges hacked. One man said he detained an offender and turned the child over to the parent, who reportedly threatened a lawsuit. A foot patrol had ended earlier due to budget cuts reducing the local four-man police force.
In Berkshire county North Adams Rogert F Cirone was appointed acting vice principal of Drury High School by the school committee. He was chosen from 25 applicants with three from the district. The committee left coaching responsibilities undecided for the new principal to resolve.
Police investigated a Tuesday bombing in Greenfield that damaged a mailbox and a small office building, with a second bomb found later at a bank and defused. A large cash stash was not taken, and authorities sought a possible link to a two alarm fire at the same time.
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