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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington, Vermont.
Chelsea Rep Walter Kennedy leads the House Highways Committee and says vast misunderstandings surround a proposed accelerated highway improvement plan for the region. The letter criticizes Kennedy Mallary and Franklin for tampering with the bill to remove four-lane U S 7 work, praises Bennington Rutland lawmakers for opposing the scheme, and affirms trust in the Highway Department to push four-lane U S 7 upgrades.
The Lincoln's Birthday vesper at Old First Church drew a large, inclement weather crowd, with Rev. John W. Van der Groef directing a program of Negro spirituals and original choir renditions. Local sports reflect on “lasts” as North Bennington, Bennington High, and Mt. Anthony Union enter transition, while Burr and Burton prepare a winter carnival and a Cosmetologists Association donation aids the Rescue Squad.
Brattleboro Reformers reports Vermont Motor Vehicle Commissioner Malloy suggests requiring motorists who lose their licenses or accumulate offenses to display colored windshield tags. The tags would show driving record colors for past offenses and mark repeat offenders, a policy critics call unfair and possibly unconstitutional.
A column contrasts televised hearings with Gavin Kennan and Rusk McNamara policies, warning that the Johnson era may lead to an unlimited war with China. It recalls Truman MacArthur dialogue, notes containment must involve allies, and critiques U S unilateralism in the Far East.
A column muses on a Peanuts moment where Charlie Brown misspells maze as mays, then expands into language change. It notes how words like escalate and culturally deprived shift meanings, discusses education jargon, and recalls Lincoln as a functional illiterate label.
Readers debate women’s intellectual roles in motherhood and stay-at-home life, praising college expansion seeding mothers back on campus while challenging the idea that housework is intellectually dull. The letters defend free speech and warn against federal regulation of cable TV, unemployment laws, and loss of enterprise freedom, urging lawmakers to resist HR 8282 and support independent work.
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