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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The House Un American Activities Committee approves Rep Joe Pools 20 year jail term bill for aiding hostile powers or groups opposing US forces. Johnson administration opposes, Ramsey Clark cites lack of internal support and existing laws. Editorial notes political timing and warns against hysteria and constitutional concerns.
Vermont Congressman Robert T. Stafford discusses inflation as a national danger, fair housing as constitutional, and Civil Rights Act debates. He notes wage-price controls, government spending, and public works, praising the fair housing provision and opposing certain federal aid measures. He adds reflections on votes, then describes Mrs. Stafford’s Head Start visits in Rutland, Bennington, and Addison Counties.
Elbert G. Moulton, Vermont Development Department commissioner, faces intense pressure from billboard interests as critics accuse state agencies of lax enforcement. A Roadside Council briefing after a Springfield gathering highlights regulatory threats, legal actions, and potential harm to Vermont’s economy amid a bid to weaken federal and state outdoor advertising rules.
Editor notes tourism in Vermont is up with traffic and visitor registrations at tourist information booths. July tax receipts are blamed on timing, not activity, as August figures will include late July. Vandalism to park enhancements and YMCA flower boxes underscored civic concern. Dr. Clifford Harwood joins Tom Hayes’ GOP gubernatorial campaign in Bennington County ahead of the primary, signaling expected political activity.
The New Commissioner of Forests and Parks Robert B. Williams warned during a conference on natural beauty that Montana should curb overdevelopment. He cautioned that popularity and overuse can destroy charm and questioned the push for roads ski trails towers and motorboat access to every lake. He urged delegating land to scenic purposes without always weighing dollars and cents.
Shaftsbury resident Guy Mattison voices concern over mass fish deaths along Par an Creek near Eagle Square and North Bennington. He questions sewage role, blames Eagle Square mill discharges, urges tighter dumping controls and potential restocking. Massachusetts Lt Governor Elliot Richardson referenced for context on interest rates, not directly connected.
Dr. Thomas W. Matthew, a Queens neurosurgeon, launches the National Economic Growth and Reconstruction Organization NEGRO to fund hospital building and slum rehabilitation for African Americans. Wall Street bond campaign seeks small investor seed capital to train Negro trades and spur home-ownership and empowerment.
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