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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The speech that led to the 25th Amendment shows broad concern over presidential disability and succession. It creates procedures to replace and reinstate a sick or disabled president and allows the president to nominate a vice president, subject to congressional approval, addressing long standing constitutional uncertainty.
A New York Times article describes burning garbage to generate power as practiced in European cities like Paris Munich Frankfurt Duesseldorf Geneva and Rotterdam. Atlanta has trialed it in the United States and municipal incineration could reduce pollution and save land for dumps while earning revenue from power sales. Vermont towns face dumps and crowded counties, so incineration deserves consideration by local and state governments.
Rep George van Santvoord reports on Montpelier visit by Bennington youngsters from St Francis de Sales Academy. The week featured a Saint Joyce Bible opening, a talk by Lt Gov Daley, migration and wildlife topics, and passage of six bills. The highlight was a joint assembly to elect judges and confirm amendments to House bills 33 and 122.
Winter's deep cold and light snowfall frame a look at Searsburg Vermont. Neighbors Buck Leonard and Allen Tower from Harriman Reservoir shared updates from the Boston Sportsman’s Show. The town’s volunteer fire department faded but remains ready to respond with the pump and a community that values gatherings and shared tasks.
Editorial notes express sympathy for Arlington plane crash victims and urge zoning reform in Wilmington and Deerfield Valley to curb haphazard growth. They flag Bennington school funding votes, Arlington bond issues, and a scenic corridors bill for Vermont highways. Items include Columbia instructor Robert Tristman joining Bennington College and a Valentine’s Day school vote in Bennington.
In the Feb 7 Banner two letters by George Van Santvoord and George Spargo discuss the Groundhog Day legend and the Panther Bill. The verses imagine a meeting of the two emblematic animals amid lingering winter debates between Penn State and Vermont, with Vermont natives called cuckoo. The note ends with a Bennington address at 127 Union St.
Polly Bradley argues highways threaten green space and historic sites by slicing through parks and natural areas while Laurance S. Rockefeller stresses the need to balance safe highways with conservation.
Washington reports that a 17 nation disarmament conference nears agreement on a nonproliferation treaty. The plan would restrict access to nuclear explosives, allowing only the United States and the Soviet Union to lend such capacity under international supervision. Germany’s Brandt voices caution while North Atlantic allies debate future European nuclear autonomy. The article notes optimism that a path out of the nuclear maze may emerge within 12 to 18 months if talks succeed.
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