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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
President Johnson outlined a two part food program to combat world hunger by boosting U S food sales and donations while pressing aid recipients to modernize farming, fertilizer, and processing. Nations would sign five year self help agreements to receive aid. A Department of Agriculture study warns that growing imports could exhaust U S surplus capacity within two decades, risking a world food economy collapse.
Cleveland Amory uses a humorous circular argument in the Boston Herald to mock Dean Rusk and U.S. Vietnam policy. The piece playful weighs successive wars as if chess moves, suggesting shifting allies and enemies to avoid odd wars and preserve victory in the even wars.
Hawaii shifts from a wartime military hub to a booming tourist economy with new hotels and mega projects from Honolulu to Maui and Kauai. Rockefeller builds Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. Kaneohe Bay faces pollution threats from new sewage plants. a California pesticide study warns of DDT in marine life. Traffic snarls around Camp Smith reflect growing chaos as unplanned paradise becomes planned.
The piece discusses Thaddeus Stevens, Vermont born and later a powerful U.S. Congress figure on the Ways and Means Committee. It contrasts his stern, harsh避 style with his advocacy for civil rights, his death in 1868, and his epitaph advocating equality. It mentions Lincoln, Johnson, Sumner, and the Beards, and reflects on Stevens as both ahead of his time and a turbulent force in Reconstruction era politics.
Editor notes a light snow yesterday signals continued winter. Ski areas anticipate crowds over the upcoming holiday period. The League of Women Voters drops its pre town meeting due to few issues, possibly saving steam for later public talks on unification. A reader asks for defense of pigeons facing poisoning near St Francis de Sales, with a suggestion to feed contraceptives as an urban humane solution.
A lighthearted column mocks fashion risk with jokes about dress design and safety. It parodies auto hearing criticisms by comparing style over safety in 1966 fashion, noting risky hemlines and ventilation while lampooning husbands eyestrains and garter watches as safety aids.
A reader thanks viewers for protesting to the FCC about The Barn on WRGB and urges continued letters to demand local TV program choices. The FCC notes it cannot censor but urges WRGB to gauge area tastes. Mrs. Nath an Roth signs as For the Barn Cast. Also included is a contrasting letter from Mrs. Mauricen Geiger defending free speech against communism and praising peace with liberty.
Reader Frederick A. Hemmings argues that Communist sincerity is doubtful and cites Korea and cease fire violations as proof. He supports President Johnson’s willingness to negotiate only if freedom and allies are not betrayed, compares appeasement to Chamberlain, and defends Dirksen’s use of filibuster to oppose 14B repeal. He notes polls show more oppose than support union shop.
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