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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It is based at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont, serving local readers with news, notices, and community stories.
Editorial views the failed countercoup by King Constantine and his flight to Rome as sealing the junta's grip on Athens. It condemns the regime's suppression of opposition, press, and civil rights, urging the United States to withhold aid until a legal government with a constitution is restored.
Bennington Village trustees and local legislators held a Tuesday meeting that highlighted the strain on property taxpayers and the need for state aid. Officials warned of possible new taxes, cautioned by Montpelier revenue gaps, and urged steps toward government simplification and unified reform ahead of the 1968 session.
U S Congressman Robert T Safford reports on the 90th Congress outlook with focus on Social Security amendments and tax policy. He notes adjournment timing, purity of proposals, and differing House Senate positions on benefits increases and poverty programs. He highlights voting records, anti poverty funding, and ethics reform efforts plus drafted recommendations for an all volunteer army.
In OLD BENNINGTON a writer recalls Sam Levinson on education and the ghetto, contrasts past Bennington teachers Varney to Maubrey with the present overcrowded schools, and wonders how those devoted instructors would navigate today’s complex era.
A Vermont themed collection edited by T D Seymour Bassett gathers 32 selections from 1609 to 1964. Travel writers Ira Allen Hawthorne DeVoto and Henry James appear alongside Champlain and Kipling. The tone shifts from brutal hardship to enduring landscapes. The last entry notes modern tourism clashing with rustic Vermont life through the maple syrup myth.
Letters to the editor thank churches for Operation Wee Stocking at Waterbury Hospital and report 1100 stockings filled. A separate note explains Operation Friendship brings international students to Vermont for Christmas, seeking a coordinator in Bennington. The Red Cross cautions on toy safety for Christmas shopping in Bennington County.
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