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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
Timely action by the Bennington Republican and Democratic town committees unites to push for reapportionment in Vermont. They aim to safeguard fair representation by supporting legislative moves to realign General Assembly seats in line with the federal court ruling, signaling a pattern for larger towns.
Editor notes celebrate Andre H Betit for creating the Bennington Rescue Squad and Barton Jenks for the Prep Club award aiding graduates. Cartoonist Bill Mauldin reports from Pleiku amid Viet Cong attack. Vermont politics feature Gov Hoff salary plans met with resistance while New Hampshire Governor King seeks raises for state workers. Jeffersonian tone reflects on judicial pay in both states.
Brattleboro Reformer notes how First Lady Lady Bird Johnson rose to prominence after the Kennedy assassination. It highlights her steady, graceful public presence and the evolving American regard for her as a symbol of sensible leadership alongside Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy, and other former First Ladies. The piece emphasizes enduring admiration for her role and character.
National Affairs reports growing tensions as the Cold War intensifies with Red China and the Soviet Union aligned against the United States. North Vietnam attacks U.S. installations, seven Americans killed, 109 wounded, prompting U.S. bombing and sanctions while Kosygin meets Hanoi. Debates linger on withdrawal and escalation, with President Johnson cautious yet firm. The piece calls for strengthening Western unity, talks with de Gaulle, and a united front to deter further aggression, foreseeing a stalemate in Southeast Asia akin to Korea.
A Vermont farm worker travels to Boston and impresses a warehouse president by lifting a 300 pound coffee sack and carrying it across the floor without setting it down. The test leads to a year long job and later promotion, ending with the man becoming a millionaire and company president. The tale is cited by Hollis L. Caswell, former president of Teachers College at Columbia University, as evidence of the link between physical and mental fitness.
The article surveys U.S. and French policy debates on global monetary reform as Washington weighs steps to curb gold and dollar drains. It details President Johnson's cautious approach, France under de Gaulle, IMF reforms, potential World War I claims, and the push for a broader gold cover and a world central bank.
In a Banner letter, E Frederick Woodruff of Hartland Four Corners mocks Lyndon Baines Johnson and Hubert Horatio Humphrey for not attending services to honor America's honorary citizen Churchill. He questions their courage during past air raids and contrasts their Washington social prominence with alleged timidity.
Irving Adler notes that Johnsons school aid bill distinguishes aid to parochial student programs from religious education funding. The plan, praised by NEA and National Council of Churches, supports shared time programs and textbooks for both school types, aiming to pass a general aid bill without violating church-state separation. ROY A SULLIVAN thanks others for bond support and urges moving the school project forward with cooperation.
A surgeon explains a fast recovery plan to a patient three hours after surgery sit up five hours later stand, then unaided walking the next day. The patient requests permission to lie down during the operation, and the surgeon agrees. The anecdote comes from Family Weekly.
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