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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It lists 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201 as the business address.
Editorial notes China’s hydrogen bomb progress reshapes U S strategy in Asia. Pentagon expects delay to deploy intercontinental missiles into mid 1970s, while a congressional panel warns of early 1970s risks and urges anti missile defenses. China’s nuclear advance alters relations with SEATO Japan India and nonproliferation efforts.
Bennington Rural and Shaftsbury fire departments earned state honors in Barre with the Maxim trophy for best appearing marching unit with apparatus for the rural department and Shaftsbury receiving best appearing unit without apparatus. Shaftsbury auxiliary also won best appearing Vermont unit.
Steven Rice of Bennington Troop 353 defends Scouting in response to Elizabeth Dwyer’s article, noting the growth from 14 badges in 1910 to over 100 today and highlighting World Jamboree safety, teamwork, and service. He cites 100 million participants, the jamboree at Farragut State Park, and Eagle Scout David Peterson.
In Seventeen August, a busy week included visits by Janet and Donna from Washington DC teaching at UVM, with Burlington apartment hunting ahead. Family gatherings with Martha Olsen and Sophie Ruckstuhl punctuated labor on Skylark, while Charlie scraped paint and I harvested vegetables.
New York columnist profiles Dr. Thomas W. Matthew builder of Interfaith Hospital in Queens and promoter of self help black power. He started a bus line without a franchise to show how red tape blocks new Negro enterprises while hospital payrolls and related ventures prove economic gains for 100,000 South Jamaica residents. He argues cool riots can replace violence and burn baby burn rhetoric with build baby build, challenging franchise rules and public service barriers.
Washington context: Gov Nelson Rockefeller pushes a $4.5 billion urban program via prefinancing to tackle water pollution transit and housing. He seeks support from G.O.P. and Democrats, arguing New York can fund early projects and leverage federal reimbursement while highlighting slum rebuilding and private public partnerships.
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