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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Vermont readers are urged to oppose a state lottery after observing New Hampshire's three year sweepstakes. Net education revenue has fallen from 2.77 million to about 1.7 million, with per pupil aid dropping from 24.16 to 13.68 dollars. Skeptics blame high ticket costs, slim odds, and excess losers. The piece cautions against painless revenue schemes and favors tax reform instead.
Editor notes discuss loud mufflers and a motorcycle noise issue, with catalog items like a Hollywood noise maker muffler. Barry Purdy wins major races at Fairmont and Lebanon Valley, hinting at novice driver honor. Razing on Union Street aims to ease downtown parking, while 80 taxpayers appeal assessed property values. Beatles fan turnout at Suffolk Downs signals enduring youth appeal, and Little League fundraising benefits the league. Rotary and Lions softball game receipts support the Little League treasury.
President Johnson's Alliance for Progress aims to lift growth with goals like 140 million jobs and a million homes. Yet high birth rates in Latin America strain resources, requiring vast education and family planning efforts, with aid focused on health and clinics to curb population growth.
In mid August the author describes blue skies and cool shade on Searsburg Mountain. They note maturing vegetables, bears preparing for season, orioles with their young, and a chilly pond swim. Visitors from New York City drop by, including Walter Krach and friends, showing Skylark’s growing regional readership.
Lawrence E Harrington of Woodford denounces The Banner for pro Communist and antiwar bias in Friday's issue. He accuses the paper of slanted reporting and hypocrisy in defending civil liberties groups while condemning opponents of communism. He warns editors he will not remain silent and claims to oppose the paper's alleged stance.
The piece examines whether the Lyndon Johnson brand influenced several Democratic incumbents in recent primaries. It cites Tennessee senator Ross Bass, Virginia senator A Willis Robertson, South Carolina senator Donald Russell, and governor Ernest Hollings, noting allegations that the LBJ label impacted voters alongside local issues and party dynamics. It notes skepticism from Capitol Hill about a common denominator across cases and questions the broader pattern's presence among other Democrats.
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