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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
North Bennington village trustees weigh joining a three district town government unification to unify zoning and services. Observers note fears of being treated as a poor relation, but praise potential gains from shared water, police, roads, and a full time fire chief. Growth in the area supports coordinated zoning and broader tax base across North Bennington Bennington Village and rural sections.
Dorset town officials and staff including selectmen the town manager and the fire chief pitched in to paint lay floor tile and perform other tasks on the new town office project. Their volunteer work helped keep construction costs within the $9 000 budget and the town now has a new office building to be proud of. Rep Kenalene Collins urged a broad correctional program for youth and prison reform suggesting small treatment centers and cooperation with Maine and New Hampshire for large facilities. Vermont faces a need for a new Windsor Prison to relieve pressure and better house younger inmates. In Bennington County study committee members for a Tri Valley Regional School are preparing reports for a regional school booklet to be distributed to the public.
Vermont's Sen. Aiken 95 percent and Rep. Stafford 97 percent led participation in roll-call votes during the first session of the 89th Congress, with Sen. Prouty at 84 percent. The average was 87 percent. Notably Sen. Margaret Chase Smith hit 100 percent since 1955, and Rep. John Lindsay logged only 37 percent, a rate compared to Goldwater and Kennedy in prior races.
The piece argues Moscow's renewed anti US rhetoric aims to pressure Washington over South Viet Nam but top US military leaders see no real alarm. It suggests Kosygin's tougher talk is more posturing than an intent to escalate, while Ho Chi Minh echoes the line in solidarity. The analysis notes Soviet budget signals likely rhetorical, reflecting an evolution in military posture rather than immediate action.
An informant reports the annual trimming of the national Christmas tree near the White House. Mrs. Claus will attend with Mr. Claus, amid jokes about equal employment rules and possible future Santa offices. The blue spruce from Arizona stands 80 feet tall, six feet taller than prior trees, as holiday whimsy mixes with Washington banter.
The writer notes a five inch ice crust on a pond near Searsburg and enjoys birds, tracks, and sunlit woods after hunting season ends. Recollections of Ice Capades and memories of Phil Romaine and Cathy Steele, plus local art prize notes and a plea for traditional Christmas greens, end with a tomato canning season and late ripening produce.
A columnist examines local anger over the anti poverty program and its administration in Cook County Illinois. He ties urban politics to national figures, warns of dual government risks, and urges Congress to reassess poverty policy amid 1966 electoral tensions.
Ruth Adler of Shaftsbury publishes excerpts from a New York Times sermon by Rabbi Israel Margolies criticizing President Johnson’s Vietnam policy. The rabbi urges direct talks with the Viet Cong, condemns US expansion and argues for ending the war without escalation.
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