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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1968
Page
5
State police and Morrisville officers seized 480 pounds of marijuana valued at about 480 pounds? 48 000? The largest in state history, 80 pounds packaged and 400 pounds bulk. Agents confiscated scales and processing gear. No names released despite a general alarm for operators.
Federal Power Commissioner Charles R. Ross of Vermont will be honored by the Natural Resources and Energy Committee of the Consumer Federation of America at a testimonial luncheon Wednesday. Gov. Philip H. Hoff will be the main speaker. Ross is commended as an active spokesman for consumer interests during seven years on the Federal Power Commission and plans to step down this December.
Garnett Harvey announces a week long poll of Vermont state employees shows strong backing for a bill to allow collective bargaining with the state. The executive director says 90 percent or more favor the proposal and the results will be shared at the association's annual Montpelier meeting this Saturday. A no strike clause would accompany the measure.
State and local police crack down on erratic motorists around Nassau Lake headquarters of the Comancheros cycle club. Over 50 arrests made weekend. leader Joseph Cataldo, 24, of Clinton Park, pleads innocent to failing to keep right and faces Oct. 1 for a third degree assault tied to an August alleged hanging attempt in Columbia County.
In North Adams fluoridation may begin next month after Dr. Edmond P. Larkin signals plans to seek Board of Health approval at the Oct 18 meeting. A new state law signed by Gov. Volpe on July 9 allows local health boards to fluoridate with state Board of Health consent. In Adams Rolland G. Duval named superintendent of the Adams Cheshire Regional School District Hoosac Valley Regional High School project. He will be paid $18,000 and leaves his post as assistant to retiring State Education Commissioner Owen B Kiernan.
Mayor James F. Cleary announced plans to borrow 162,840 to build 100 campsites at Windsor Lake. The city expects partial reimbursement of half the cost under the federal Land and Conservation Act.
Pittsfield Superintendent James P. Reynolds proposes naming the city’s new high school Pittsfield Memorial High School. He wants the dedication to honor all local students who left Pittsfield schools and died in wars.
Padre Pio, born Francesco Forgione, a Capuchin monk who claimed Christ’s wounds, died at 81 in San Giovanni Rotondo. His death follows decades of pilgrimages by millions, the growth of the town, and a hospital funded by followers. The Vatican had wavered on his status, while believers and profiteers alike kept his legend alive.
Norfolk Mass three days after Robert Dellelo escaped from Norfolk Prison Colony amid heavy fog He was serving a life sentence for the murder of a Boston policeman and fled by a dummy in his cell bed Police hunted through Walpole Stony Brook Reservation and other sites with dogs and helicopters but found no trace A long-time model prisoner Dellelo scaled a wall using improvised tools and evaded radar in a high profile escape raise persistent searches by authorities.
West Springfield Mass. record 10 day attendance at the Eastern States Exposition reached 703,034, surpassing last year’s fair by over 77,000. Officials weigh expansion and longer run due to favorable weather and strong crowds.
Washington UPI Several hundred worshipers walked out of Mass at St Matthew s Cathedral in silent protest as Cardinal O Boyle read a four page letter defending Pope Paul VI s encyclical on contraception. Organizers staged similar walkouts in churches across the Washington Archdiocese while about 200 left the cathedral. The cardinal sought to defend disciplinary actions against 13 of 44 priests who disagreed with the papal ruling.
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