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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1966
Page
5
August traffic on three major Bennington County highways rose 3 to over 6 percent from last year per Vermont Department of Highways auto recorder report. On U S 7 in Shaftsbury average daily traffic for the month increased.
Religion and theology are being restablished as important parts of college curricula. Stanford’s Lewis B. Mayhew told a Roberts Wesleyan College workshop that secular schools create religion departments that attract enrollment and that religious schools update theology to be more contemporary and relevant. Also reported: a Vermont wool and lamb producers referendum supported continuing deductions for advertising programs under the Wool Act, with 7 of 11 producers voting in favor, representing 626 animals, as part of a new agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the ASPC for 1966 69 marketings.
Harvard speakers clash as George Lincoln Rockwell fails to receive the promised 117 dollars after addressing 600 students at Harvard Law School Democratic Club. Harvard officials confirm no payment was made amid reported political pressure and security concerns. Rockwell predicts Herbert Aptheker will be paid next month.
Maj. Lawrence F. Powers of North Bennington is named secretary treasurer of the Soldiers' Home board in Vermont, filling the interim vacancy after the late Clarence V. Cross. Powers, born 1920, is a retired U S Air Force major with World War II and Korean War service, owner of M F Powers and Son, and active in local government and veterans groups.
A Bennington Vermont man, William J. Ostrander, 28, was sentenced to six months in Rensselaer County Jail after pleading guilty to third degree assault of Seymour Brooks Jr., 18, of Pownal New York prosecutors said he flagged down a car in Walloomsac last February, struck and kicked Brooks, breaking his nose. Bail canceled. defense by Marvin I. Honig. judge John T. Casey presided.
In Hartford a Piper Cherokee carrying six Trinity College students crashed into the Connecticut River. Five occupants, including the pilot, escaped to shore and were treated in Hartford Hospital in good condition. Rex W. Orbell, 23, of Philadelphia, remained missing after being swept away while others tried to tow him to shore. The crash occurred near Brainard Field as the plane returned from a pleasure flight. Police and river crews searched through the night. Orbell was a Trinity junior and foster son of Philadelphia residents William and Mrs. Richards.
The YMCA Rifle Club begins its first session this Saturday October 1 at 9 a.m. at the YMCA with instruction in sighting shooting and range safety led by John Riddle. Members may earn NRA marksmanship awards and the club will provide rifles if needed. The program targets Grade 5 and up, following a strong finish last spring when a club team placed second in the national YMCA competition.
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