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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
Editorial notes that passage and implementation of Medicare will extend beyond elderly care. It will lift hospital funding, reduce private insurer risks, and set national standards for hospitals and nursing homes while improving coordination of federal and state health programs. Benefits will unfold over time.
The Town Unification Study Committee decided to hold one unit-wide vote on consolidation, a move seen as fair but likely to draw criticism as discriminatory to outside town voters. History shows village residents favor consolidation while outside town voters oppose, with past plans tying approval to both sides. The committee proposes a sliding tax scale tied to services received, aiming to win outside town support and boost the long awaited reform.
Editor discusses Rainy period and Water Board plans for detailed pipeline routes amid drought. Bennington area tourism conditions viewed as stable but not booming, racetrack reports boosting motel business. Vermont poll tax validity challenged by voters but state and federal law deemed non conflicting. Rumors swirl about Agriculture Commissioner Rowley’s possible ouster by Gov Hoff and past criticism of his predecessor.
Joseph Alsop argues that premature peace talks could repeat Korea's mistake. He credits Johnson's Pleiku decisions for strengthening military leverage and notes Westmoreland got full requests met, but cautions public debate over negotiations risks undermining gains and invites renewed pressure from opponents.
A collection of remarks from Ingmar Bergman Jeanne Moreau Dr Carl S Ell and William McChesney Martin. The sources touch art aging education and economics highlighting views on creativity aging balance of payments and the value of out of class experience and university contact.
A columnist argues the shift from English to metric measurements is coming to the United States and Britain. He notes easier computation, language changes, and cultural quirks, fearing loss of familiar phrases and poetic lines while acknowledging inevitable efficiency gains.
The review argues Theodore H. White places 1964 in broad historical context, crediting Kennedy with shaping a rising consensus on government and liberty. It emphasizes Goldwater as the real catalyst, predicts ongoing debates over deadlock versus decisive reform, and anticipates a future political landscape shaping a later edition.
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