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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily excluding Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Richard A. Snelling, GOP gubernatorial hopeful, unveils a five point plan to reduce auto fatalities in Vermont. Key proposal: a points system to revoke driving privileges for chronic violators, with automatic license suspension after reaching a threshold and immediate action in serious cases. The plan aims to deter risky driving and keep deaths downward amid broader safety emphasis.
Editors urge rapid pinpointing of Paran Creek pollution source after a toxic spill killed fish. Vermont Life’s fall issue is praised for its autumn photos and regional appeal. Local concerns about voter apathy in school budgets are raised, along with a planned 96 unit town house condominium project in Manchester. Bennington fire departments highlight volunteer training from Norwich University.
A critical survey of Poets on Poetry, edited by Howard Nemerov, arguing the book offers serious American poets speaking about craft, style changes, revolutions in poetry, and the tension between New American and academic verse, with Berryman Wilbur Moore and others featured in essays and poems.
Clarence Nickerson P.E. argues Pownal could become a southern Vermont industrial hub with existing mills and timber firms, water supply, rail access, and zoning, urging swift adoption of a town zoning ordinance and leveraged federal grants to attract factory expansion and growth toward a 25,000 population vision.
A Vermont reader argues against romantic nostalgia for the past and defends modernization, noting growth in roads, industry, and education while cautioning against overreaction to tourism. He recalls a milk case anecdote and asserts Vermont can evolve without losing its character.
Local note suggests antiseptic milking parlors and stainless tanks may spoil Vermont, while the speaker oddly claims no recent typhoid cases. The remark mixes farming hygiene topics with public health chatter in a casual editorial tone.
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