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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner, published daily except Sundays and holidays, is produced by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington, Vermont.
The Concorde and US and Soviet plans face $ billions in cost and limited benefits. Critics warn the jets will divert funds from poverty programs and essential needs while creating noise, safety, and traffic issues. calls grow for international priorities over speed.
Editor notes Ben-Mont Co faces financial strains but will operate into 1968 with efforts to restore health. The Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association seeks concrete reform on property appraisals. A 40 mph wind storm leaves rubble. speculates on Bob Wilson as Bennington development commissioner to spur economy while protecting Vermont’s environment.
The Capetown heart transplant sparks global excitement and raises questions about life and death, identity, and immortality. Experts debate whether the patient remains the same person when a new heart or brain is involved, and whether future brain transplants could redefine humanity and self.
A century of toy culture is sketched from Expo displays in North Bennington. Raggedy Ann and Andy endure as simple, cuddly icons amid a sea of updated Barbies and Kens. The piece contrasts handcrafted nostalgia with modern choices, questioning where imagination fits today.
The Nassau and Suffolk county shows reveal a rising Conservative movement that challenges Lindsay Javits style Republicanism. In Nassau, Sol Wachtler lost to Democrat Nickerson while Conservative candidate Pleus drew 58,000 votes. Conservatives polled 19 percent in Suffolk and 18 percent in Queens, signaling a shift that could shape Rockefeller Javits and national strategy for 1968.
Washington UPI reports that older generations often moralize about modern students while forgetting that college youth have long been lively. Ray Geiger, editor of the Farmer's column, highlights continuity in student behavior across eras.
An 1888 program from Carleton College in Northfield Minnesota shows a riotous literary entertainment with a quartet renditions an oration on Mind and Muscle essays on True Culture a declamation Arnold the Traitor a debate Has the favor shown American statesmen been such as to encourage young men of talent to qualify themselves for high political position a vocal solo The Moon is Brightly Beam ing and more The lively account ends with reflections on how those students became upright citizens and how today’s students might fare
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