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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
Editorial notes rising costs and space needs in higher education and the growing reliance on external gifts. A new Hampshire County college, funded by a $6 million bequest from Amherst alumnus Harold F. Johnson, will differ by uniting Amherst, Smith, and Holyoke in its founding and purpose.
The state university of Massachusetts plans a new college sharing faculty and curriculum with four existing institutions. The model aims for low costs, half the usual faculty to student ratio, and a campus designed for efficiency. Frills like intercollegiate athletics and fraternities will be dropped.
Editor notes anxiously await tomorrow's Bennington Little League All Stars versus Barre for state championship. Barre is a frequent rival in local sports, with a strong history in Little League and basketball. Also mentions the annual poll tax bill, a birthday cake moment for Police Chief Ed Silver, local guitarists Serenading the Chief, and hopes federal aid may ease costs of Bennington's water expansion project.
Editorial in the July 28 Christian Century questions Moyers’s appointment as press secretary, noting his Baptist ministry background alongside public service. It argues Protestants would have protested a Catholic priest in similar posts, and asserts ordained ministers have served at high federal levels. It raises implications of religious allegiance and public duty.
In May 1962 President Kennedy expressed dismay at aides secretly recording his casual remarks. He complained that eight people around him kept diaries and feared erosion of trust. The writer recalls the state dinner chat but declines to publish the rest.
A reflective editorial criticizes modern cynicism about progress while warning against moral ambiguity. It laments violence, censorship, and nihilism, arguing for clear good over evil, and defends patriotism amid global upheaval and ideological clash. It references John Goodwin and Nathan Hale as touchpoints for discernment.
The article argues the Vietnam conflict is deteriorating and could worsen before the monsoon. It warns that a U.S. defeat would damage American credibility abroad, threaten alliances, and risk a broader war, stressing Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson policy shifts and the stakes extending from Asia to Europe and beyond. It contrasts public calls to concede with the dangers of losing international authority and provoking a global crisis.
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