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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner publishes editorials daily except Sundays and holidays from its Bennington Vermont office, with coverage on local issues and opinions from the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street.
Local officials faced delays in pursuing government reform and the unification study for Bennington. The unification committee, elected trustees, and selectmen have yet to advance plans for a single town government, a city government study, and a regional water committee amid Bolles Brook development.
Bennington taxpayers weigh rising school budgets and bond proposals for the Stark Street elementary school. Costs rise from 15 to 21.50 per square foot since February, with bond totals from 840000 to 976290, underscoring urgency for committees to act as delays inflame local taxes and regional planning needs.
The Connecticut Teen Age Alcohol Use Study Commission urges education over age limits to curb teen drinking. It places responsibility on parents and schools, notes teens’ heightened sensitivity to alcohol, and highlights the risk of arrest records impacting future careers. The report warns of teen drinking driving fatalities and stresses factual alcohol education at home and in schools.
A Georgia reader denounces riots as 95 percent conspiracy and accuses media and Dr Martin Luther King Jr of fomenting unrest. The letter cites Maj Hughes Alonzo Robinson, LBJ panels, and federal aid as fueling disturbances while urging individual responsibility and condemning agitation by “professional rabblerousers.”
William H. Stuchel of Pup Tent No. 2 VFW and guest Cooties from IPUPWEP report ample lollypops at the start of the Battle Day parade on Main Street but unsupervised children snatched many boxes, leaving fewer for later youngsters. The group has handed out treats since 1960 at Loyalty Day parades in Manchester and autumn events in North Adams.
J Sperry Kane of East Dorset denounces a Detroit Banner article on UAW talks with auto makers. He contends the union targets one company to force concessions and then pressure others, calling the tactic blackmail rather than bargaining. He warns the approach harms fair competition and business.
In Searsburg Mountain, retirement life defies boredom as the narrator and Alice embrace disorder over routine. They trade past city calm for Skylark upgrades, a pond, meadow walks, and spontaneous blueberry picking, with daily chores and visits yielding lively, unscripted moments despite a beaver caused power outage and a furnace conversion.
Nationwide gun sales surge as riots in Newark and Detroit spark fear of civil conflict. Elgin and Cedar Rapids show curfews and rumors, with communities arming for defense while officials urge calm and denounce hysteria. Shriver’s poverty program cited amid gun control opposition.
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