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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1968
Page
5
The Emergency Board authorized the Liquor Control Board to expand inventory to 5.75 million for the 1968 Christmas New Year season. Budget director Crisman cites 10 to 11 percent higher sales than 1967 and notes the expansion adds 750000 over last year.
The Water Pollution Control Administration will hold a November 13 public hearing in Burlington to address Vermont’s complaint that a Ticonderoga paper plant has polluted Lake Champlain waters. Vermont seeks New York cooperation to clean 1,450 acres of lake water, with 605 acres in Vermont, amid sludge and waste deposits from the International Paper Co. plant. Vermont classifies the lower Champlain as Class B waters while New York marks its waters as C.
Vermont officials eye changes to the 1968 Home Mortgage Credit Agency to boost housing for middle income families. Local Affairs Director James Finneran said discussions include creating a state bonding authority for direct loans and offering low-cost financing to builders, with firm ideas due by late October or early November.
Springfield restaurant attorney calls state Highway Board and Vermont Petroleum Association logo signs unconstitutional and discriminatory at a board hearing over Howard Johnsons logo permission. Travel Information Council had said it had no jurisdiction. Norwich University begins its 150th year with 1165 students and 317 newcomers in orientation.
A $2,500 European watch dating to 1750s or 1760s plus a $430 dictaphone and a $179 Polaroid camera were taken from a locked steel cabinet at the Office of State History on Elk Street. The watch features a yellow gold domed case with a fob and chain seen in a Von Steuben portrait. Authorities seek full documentation for the historic piece.
A New Hampshire man, David R. Meattey, 38, of Fitzwilliam, reports to a North Adams job at North Adams State College. His car crashed into an on site excavation on Hoosac Street damaging the car and piping. He is charged with driving under the influence and other offenses. A continuance is set for Oct. 1. Opposing a new Williams College parking lot grows as residents say the lot will serve as dead storage for students during the week. Dam failure at Lake Lee blamed on faulty concrete and shallow digging, four lawsuits filed.
Governor Raymond P. Shafer of Pennsylvania urged Americans to engage in politics to understand the system and foster new leadership. He linked the push to Nixon and warned of hysteria and demagoguery, calling for bridging an involvement gap to unite the Republican Party and counter division.
The Vermont Highway Board approved three construction projects totaling 4 million dollars. A 3 million dollar plan covers the Sharon-Roy alton section of Interstate 89, with contracts to be awarded after the federal highway trust fund freeze ends. Also approved are 825 thousand dollars for 1.7 miles of Vermont Route 100 in Readsboro and 155 thousand dollars for Vermont Route 107 in Royalton.
A candidate thanks voters for confidence and faith, praising a clean hard fought primary in the Republican tradition and urging unity for victory in November. The note emphasizes encouragement and long weeks of work and calls for moving forward together.
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