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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The piece argues the Pleiku strike signals escalation and could provoke further retaliation from Hanoi or intervention by China or the Soviets. It notes mixed signals from President Johnson and Ambassador Maxwell Taylor, questions whether the attack followed a major Viet Cong plan, and defends a tougher stance as necessary to preserve Southeast Asian independence despite risks of widening the war.
Federal court orders in Selma Alabama ease Negro voter registration by halting literacy tests and mandating 100 daily applications processed. President Johnson pledges similar action across the South to empower eligible Black voters amid ongoing civil rights agitation led by Dr. King and others.
The piece argues the United States must act on self interest over altruism, noting De Gaulle’s use of weakness to strengthen France and warning that aid practices fuel dependence. It warns unchecked immigration and rising population threaten poverty, urban decay, pollution, and elder insecurity while urging reevaluation of international payments and policy priorities.
A set of attributed comments warn that technology dominates societal aims while ends remain human driven, criticize Medicare rhetoric as limited hospital help, note high immigration levels, and urge argument over policy as life changes accelerate since 1900s.
In October 1962 Kennedy weighed the odds of Soviet missiles in Cuba and risked immense casualties to avert a thermonuclear exchange. Alsop argues the president chose to act despite high risk, urging decisive moves in Vietnam to prevent broader disaster. The piece, reprinted from The New York Herald Tribune, contrasts Korea with Vietnam and warns against delaying action.
The article argues Republicans in Congress have been quiet since the new session began and urges creation of a loyal opposition with a staffed policy analysis capability. It criticizes the Johnson budget as misleading and calls for sustained, factual critique to educate the public on deficits and fiscal policy, noting pressure from figures like Sen. Lausche on subsidies.
G J Bryen III of Cambridge Ohio writes to The Banner after a Jan 28 Bennington planetarium story. He urges interested readers to contact St. Clairsville Richland High School in Ohio for model information citing a recently completed building program with a planetarium funded by private citizens.
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