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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont, with issues dated Monday April 12, 1965.
Editorial lauds a landslide House vote for Medicare and a Senate passage as a win for common sense. It notes the AMA’s opposition backfired, prompting amendments that add hospital and nursing home benefits and a voluntary government insurance program covering most doctors’ bills for about $3 monthly. The piece frames the reform as a humane step to shield elderly citizens from financial ruin due to ill health.
A Public Health Service estimate warns any city with 50 000+ population faces air pollution risk. Smog hearings in Washington seek federal auto exhaust controls amid auto industry opposition. Evidence links automobile emissions to metropolitan air pollution and agricultural losses. health impact remains under study but action is urged.
Editor notes capture a child’s joy visiting Stark Hose Company firetruck during Mrs. Carroll’s day nursery outing. Dry spell worries Gov Hoff and Perry Merrill urge rains. maple sugaring photos highlight Vermont’s spring rite amid drought. Everett Randall’s horse drawn gear stands out as a nostalgic feature.
Washington observers note a difficult era as President Johnson advances a broad front against poverty ignorance crime and racial discrimination. The challenge lies in translating sweeping programs into effective results amid complex funding and shifting public attention. A generation of hard work and heavy spending lies ahead.
A humor piece notes the Pentagon’s practice of compressing long titles into acronyms. Lt Gen Bruce Holloway’s self designation USCINCMEAFSA spans Africa to South Asia. The column proposes a Federal Controller of Initials to regulate official abbreviations, nicknamed the FCI.
Albany debate over a 2 percent statewide sales tax intensifies as lawmakers use a door to door selling campaign to win votes. Senate leaders, led by Joseph Zaretzki, push for passage of Rockefeller’s 3.5 billion budget plan amid exemptions’ cost concerns and calls for a quick vote before payrolls and school needs.
A writer traces modern front organizations echoing 1930s tactics from the American League Against War and Fascism to today. He cites Progressive Labor Movement DuBois Clubs of America May 2 Committee and Youth Against War and Fascism as fronts aiding various causes. He notes double heads of communism in Moscow and Beijing and a push to press Johnson for Viet Cong peace while masking agendas within newspaper ads. The letter from Emma Hoyt questions secret ballots for legislators and their voting records.
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