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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1966
Page
1
Trustees propose voter approval to install coin operated parking meters in village lots with revenue dedicated to meter and lot purchases and authorized uses. The warning lists 15 articles for March 14 floor vote and March 15 machine ballots, plus a measure to extend the water system on Morgan Street near the Harry Lee home.
A Soviet TU114 airliner on its maiden Moscow to Brazzaville flight crashed on takeoff at Sheremetyevo Airport. Snow and fog reduced visibility. most of the 48 aboard were killed. The crash prompted airport closures and cautious Soviet statements.
Gen Maxwell D Taylor, former ambassador to South Vietnam and ex Joint Chiefs chair, defends Johnson Viet Nam policy before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as hearings cover military political aspects and funds for economic aid. Other items note Senate investigations and a House agriculture hearing on a world hunger program.
Windsor authorities hunted two inmates, Morris Westover and Bernard Perkins, who escaped Windsor State Prison during a cleaning detail outside the prison office. Trustees with parole eligibility this summer, Westover 21 2 year term for parole violation and Perkins eight months to two years for breaking and entering.
U S cavalrymen of the 1st Division broke into a VC regimental headquarters near Bong Son under heavy fire, killing at least 126 combatants. In Saigon VC terrorists set off two plastic bombs outside the armed forces HQ, killing 12 and wounding 60, mostly civilians. No Americans harmed. The weeklong hunt and destroy drive presses the area as helicopters, leaflets, and artillery support efforts continue.
Moscow accused the United States of violating the 1963 nuclear test ban and international law by contaminating the seas after a B52 crash near Spain. The claim cites a fourth bomb lost in the Mediterranean and a plan to give West Germany atomic arms, while U S negotiator Foster rejected the charges as propaganda.
In the Senate a 20 minute flare up featured Sen. Russell Long and Democratic critics of Johnson Viet Nam policy over a $4.8 billion war funding request. Long condemned retreat and surrender while Sen. McGovern urged questioning policy. Dirksen observed quietly amid the GOP absence.
Vermont lawmakers consider Hoff supplemental budget to raise probation parole officers from 16 to 22. One new officer would go to Bennington as part of $72,623 request. McDivitt Report urged 22 officers to curb caseloads, with Bennington two officers among the busiest in the state.
The piece on the inside critiques the latest development in the war against hunger and analyzes implications for policy and public response across communities. It frames a broader struggle as a test of national resolve and social duty.
Governor Nelson Rockefeller signed a bill authorizing the New York City Transit Authority to meet the terms of a recent contract with the striking transit workers union. The measure exempts the agreement from the Condon-Waldon law and raises for strikers, aiming to prevent a second major transit strike affecting 16 million people.
Henry Mallory, Ward 5 trustee, won the Citizens' Caucus for village president by a 60 to 48 margin over Richard Hollister, who announced plans to file as an independent. Hollister vows to pursue signatures before Feb 22 to challenge the contest and Mallory's potential vacancy in the board if elected.
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