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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity head Paul Guare urges local residents to form a community action group to qualify for federal anti poverty funds. A steering committee plans projects including a day care center and continued support for the Prep Club, signaling readiness to implement concrete programs once incorporated.
An analysis notes federal grants to states and localities expand beyond the Morrill Act era. Spending rises from 11.4 billion this year to 13.6 billion in 1966 as Washington funds public welfare highways and more. The piece argues aid reflects state demand and national concerns, urging continued home rule alongside federal support.
Washington recalling Ike’s Asia memoirs notes he warned France could not win in Indochina and that American leverage depended on coalition, leadership, and understanding in Saigon and Paris. It traces his hesitance to escalate and his push for a morally meaningful intervention while fearing broader conflict.
American Forests profiles school arboretums turning campuses into living laboratories. From a 287 acre Madison forest to Levittown courtyard plantings, students, clubs, and volunteers harvest timber, build shelters, and plant trees from 40 countries. New Jersey leads with Seth Boyden’s gift, while Vermont eyes green acres before school building booms.
The piece traces Johnson State College from cobbler John Chesamore opening Johnson Academy, later Johnson Grammar School and Johnson Normal School, to Johnson Teachers College and finally Johnson State College. It highlights community support, shift to a junior college model, campus growth, enrollment of 378 in 1964, dormitory and academic center projects, and Vermont's broader higher education expansion with five state colleges and 13 private institutions, noting Bennington College among them.
In a March 2 vote debate, Herbert G. Ogden argues Vermont farmers keep the economy alive and warns tax shifts could raise total state and local taxes. He urges phasing out livestock personal property taxes to preserve farming and related jobs, citing studies on tax distributions and regional impact.
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