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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation, located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The article argues that Vietnam developments signal further expansion of the war and greater danger of international conflict. It notes intensified bombing, proposed targets like Haiphong docks, possible Chinese involvement, and rising civilian casualties. It urges rethinking current strategy and considering a bombing halt as a path to peace talks.
Vermont historian Charles Morrissey urged active study to touch history beyond books. Mt Anthony Union High School teacher David Jareckie described a course where students build a log cabin explore cellar holes study deeds and dig into history themselves. The piece argues history is people plans and problems and that hands on learning makes past realities tangible. It cites a Springfield Union note about a donor gifting a loud speaker to a church in memory of his wife.
The piece argues fascism thrives in urban Latin America rather than rural communism. It cites Bolivia, Castroism fears, and the shift to mega cities in Uruguay Argentina Chile Brazil Venezuela and Colombia. It urges rural revitalization, citing Rockefeller and Chase Manhattan Bank figures on land cultivation to feed urban growth.
The Vermont legislature passed a sweeping welfare reform ending the overseer of the poor. The piece critiques means testing, urges trust in applicants, and calls for a guaranteed income in the future. Ferency cautions about Romney and nuclear risk, urging broader social remedies.
The $100000 grand prize in New York State's lottery carries windfall taxes split among federal state and city authorities. A city resident earning $7500 faces $52060.50 in taxes, while an upstate winner pays $51342.50. Federal takes about $40589.30. state $9636. NYC $1835.20. Smaller $5000 prizes yield $935.50 to federal, $253 to Albany, $44.20 to NYC. Government offices and hotels join outlets selling tickets as plans project 360 million $1 tickets yearly with 84,000 prize winners. commissions target five cents per ticket.
In a library a Reverend and two men discuss Dr Mirsky and ideas about ending the Vietnam War and withholding income tax. Birchbark advocates bold actions while Allisbright questions extremes. They debate duties to pay taxes and support for draft law amid protests and salary talk of Dean Rusk and AFTRA.
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