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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1967
Page
4
Bennington Banner is a daily publication except Sundays and holidays issued by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
President Johnson travels to Punta del Este Uruguay to meet 17 Latin American leaders. He aims to form a Latin American common market and offer aid if nations take initiative. The piece warns Latin America faces poverty inequality unstable governments and potential revolutions, linking outcomes to U.S. support and policy after Vietnam. President Frei Montalva of Chile warns of voluntary or forced revolutions within 10 years depending on American backing.
Editor notes the 1966 session ends with passage of a weakened fair housing bill. Proponents and opponents spent much time and emotion, questioning Vermont’s commitment to equality. The measure, with a Human Rights Commission, aims to ensure equal housing opportunity though it won’t erase bias. Also mentions Ellsworth Bunker’s brief farm visit before heading to South Vietnam as ambassador.
Bunker, a businessman turned diplomat, leaves for Saigon to shepherd South Vietnam toward a stable constitutional government amid chaos. He may seek Viet Nam reconciliation, while his wife serves as ambassador to Nepal. The Banner resumes normal printing, apologizing for last week’s delays.
In a lengthy session near its end, Vermont legislators advance H296 setting a 10 percent raise and merit ratings for state employees in 647 job categories, plus per cent increases by performance. They approve new budgets and bonds for education, parks, and watershed projects, and pass measures on lunch funding, meat inspection, liquor sales, and public boards.
The writer recalls April landmarks from 19 years at Skylark in Searsburg New York Vermont border region. Birthdays, visits by friends Walter and Alice Krach Sam and Kay Hart, and first April relocation in Old Chariot. They reflect on spring weather the snow plow the furnace and ongoing garden work with rock garden critters and plants returning each year.
Mr and Mrs Hemmings of Bennington condemn Prof Jonathan Mirsky for an April Banner report on his Dartmouth talk. They accuse him of proposing anarchy and tax resistance to protest the Vietnam War and mock his motives and patriotism.
H8 allocates 542000 for Montpelier state buildings. Architects will study whether to remodel the old Pavilion Hotel or replace it and report before January. Heating of the Statehouse will be overhauled with an amendment to add cooling. Representative George Van Santvoord of district 33 Montpelier notes the need.
Washington sees California GOP as a testing ground for Ronald Reagan style politics. Tensions rise as far right(Mocked) factions seek to purge Sen. Thomas Kuchel, while Reagan’s camp pushes harmony. Recall talk surfaces amid budget cuts and hospital layoffs.
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