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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont, serving the local region with daily newspaper content.
President Johnson's message to Congress urges a Parks-for-America decade to preserve Vermont's scenic beauty, curb highway and river blight, expand parks, and spur state and local action. The governor's scenic task force backs bold steps, warns of apathy, and calls for bond funding to share federal park program costs.
Rep. Byron C. Hathorn of Hartford questions Gov. Hoff’s revenue projections for Vermont’s budget, suggesting possible shortfalls up to 5 million for the biennium. Hoff and aides argue the outlook is realistic, citing federal tax cuts and 1,000 new Vermont jobs, while Hathorn remains cautiously skeptical.
The Interior Department's Bureau of Mines suggests transforming junk autos into a revenue source by combining rust with non-magnetic taconite ore to create a magnetic, usable ore for blast furnaces. Reclaimed rust from discarded cars could help make taconite marketable, persuading junk dealers to recycle rather than let yards disfigure America.
The piece argues the Pleiku raid was likely aimed at spoiling Kosygin's visit and testing U S resolve, not aiding North Vietnam. It warns that overreliance on patience risks misreading Soviet, Chinese, and Hanoi intents while emphasizing U S sea power and the danger of entanglement in Vietnam.
Washington columnist Dick West reports Rep. Paul A. Fino proposes Congress authorize printing 25 and 50 cent paper money to ease the coin shortage. The plan, dubbed The Fine Mint Bill, faces likely rejection amid debates on currency redesign and who would bear the portraits on new notes.
A reflection on Boy Scout Week celebrates Washington Lincoln and St Valentine as roots of the movement. The piece extols the Scout Promise and virtues such as trust loyalty helpfulness friendliness kindness thrift obedience bravery and reverence. It notes Scouts learn citizenship through example and highlights the roles of leaders and den mothers in supporting scouting.
A reader notes Rotarian magazine's March issue honors Bradford Smith of Shaftsbury with the last chapter of Men of Peace and a bio. The letter recalls his 1964 death from cancer at 54 after a career as author and internationalist, and reflects on how his death transformed the Benn ington Rotary Club and inspired courage and reflection among readers.
J Duncan Campbell recounts Brad Smith’s decade directing Bennington College International Summer School 1950 to 1960. Rotary sent 400 international letters praising his courage as alumni worldwide responded with moving, imperfect English notes, now stored with Brad’s papers at the University of Vermont.
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