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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays, issued by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont. Local newspaper details include ownership and publishing schedule for residents and readers.
Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin warned that U S actions in West Germany and Vietnam threaten peace, labeling West Germany armed with NATO nuclear warheads and urging restraint. He framed Vietnam as a national liberation struggle, arguing U S troop deployments fuel conflict while avoiding violent threats and urging reconciled views.
Readers hear about firing of Helen Burbank and calls for explanation from Secretary of State Harry Cooley. Windsor Prison scrutiny grows with Rich case, Blachly and Holden investigations, and possible staff changes. Montpelier area education merger eyed for Mt Anthony and Bennington districts. Putnam Memorial Hospital gains eligibility for public funds. Vermont Supreme Court ends hearings on indigent care case.
The Federal Reserve raises the discount rate as Johnson faces a tight budget with deficits near eight billion dollars amid rising revenues. Mahon demands civil cutbacks while defense must rise to around sixty billion. A modest two percent tax hike for two years or a value added tax could curb inflation and fund wartime needs without triggering a deep squeeze.
A Cambridge New York note condemns six Brooklyn hunters who beat Dr. Philip Brown at his property after a request to leave. The piece argues such violence reflects broader social and educational failings, criticizing “liberal faith” in human virtue and urging accountability rather than excuses.
A coalition of anti left and anti Communist organizations forming to counter teach-ins and protests supporting Southeast Asia policy. Led by Young Americans for Freedom and allied groups, with backing from Tom Dodd and various Republican and Democratic clubs. Includes rallies planned across Free Asia and endorsements of hard line Viet Nam policy.
A Vermont farmer visits a blacksmith with a broken wagon wheel. The blacksmith notes the wheel was run over by the hired hand who also ruined the farmer’s daughter. The farmer admits fault, and the exchange ends with a joke about clumsiness. The Cambridge Daily News is cited.
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