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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The editorial notes Christmas festivities overshadowed by the Vietnam War and rising war threats. It highlights hopeful diplomacy from Pope Paul VI and U Thant, possible ceasefire extension, and cautious optimism as leaders push for negotiations and a Christmas truce.
Editor remarks on Christmas impacts ranging from liquor enforcement and theft to card sales and family gatherings. A light anecdote about a misaddressed Santa letter to The Banner adds a humorous local touch.
Readers express sorrow over Clarence Briggs killed in a Christmas season accident. They recount his quiet life, church ties at North Bennington Congregational and St Peter's Episcopal, and the community’s request for sensitivity in reporting. The letter condemns printing his photo on the front page and urges the Banner to remain a family newspaper.
The New York Times urges reforms for the aging Post Office under Lawrence F. O'Brien. It argues the service needs professional management, stronger research, and less political influence, noting union and automation challenges and the compare to London Paris and UK delivery times.
Penalty Gen Hershey proposes placing high school dropouts into the armed services to foster democracy team play. Critics warn the plan would widen draft inequities and turn quitting school into a punishment.
The verse imagines LBJ as Santa guiding a sleigh pulled by Congress and named figures from both Senate and House. It blends holiday whimsy with political references and notes on a Marin County shopping center project. The poem closes with festive exclamations and a playful dash away.
The family yearned for a long leaf white pine after a tough trek through snow and icy swamps. Despite losses: a missing ax, wet feet, and weary woodsmen, they found a bushy white pine whose two central branches formed a Y. The group carried the tree home after a three to four hour effort, spirits high despite fatigue.
LANDGROVE TODAY on the seventh day before Christmas brings a snowbound mood as Borman and Lovell return from space, sparking questions about competence and civilization. The piece muses on art, media debasement, and a world where beauty may be dying amid cosmic triumphs and modern junk.
Sparta Wisconsin's Herald notes a local character known as Humor Man who buys football game tickets three months ahead and saves gift shopping for the night before Christmas shaping a humorous community profile.
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