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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Town officials from Bennington Village North Bennington and the outside town unanimously support forming a Town Water Committee to study extending distribution lines and to plan a townwide system. The move aims to unify water supply align with Bolles Brook completion and may reduce need for new bonds.
Heads of state at Punta del Este discussed Latin America's future amid population growth poverty and slow development. They pledged self help and a Latin American common market while viewing the United States as a limited partner due to Vietnam and poverty programs. The gathering was hopeful yet risks collapse without concrete action.
Editor notes worn warnings on Main Street near Valentine intersection risk drivers during the tourist season. Also congratulates Mt Anthony Union High School cast for The Sandbox winning a state one act contest. Vermont budget restores funds to community mental health grants including UCS. Local planning delays hinder Bennington master plan and potential town water system. Hazel Wills notes long history of school overcrowding and stubborn voter resistance to new buildings.
The United States may expand its family planning aid, moving beyond advisory support. AID chief William Gaud told a congressional committee that contraceptives could be provided to countries requesting them, with current spending under $9 million of a $2.1 billion economic budget. The shift follows President Johnson's 1965 pledge to use knowledge to address world population pressures and resource scarcity.
Mountain chatter from Wilmington to Searsburg notes melting snow and budding signs of spring. Charlie wrestles a thorny hedge, pruning plum trees, while meadowlarks, bluebirds, and sparrows return. Townsfolk report winter’s last ice and cold nights, crediting a Legion Auxiliary fund-raiser for Girl State, and a favorable crowd reaction to The Sound of Music at Brattleboro’s Latchis Theatre.
Letters urge action as blood supplies fall short nationwide. At Putnam Memorial Hospital three emergency donor calls, a Red Cross drive in Bennington, and war related donor shortages frame a demand for volunteers. Also notes rural road crews praised for winter work and quotes from Vermont and national outlets on prices and humor.
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