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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The House passed a bill to indefinitely extend the 18 percent daily handle split between Green Mountain Park and the state. The current formula, varying state and track shares, expires Jan 1 1967. The Racing Commission made no recommendation, despite Gov Hoff urging one.
Urban planners urge laws to bar non commercial vehicles from downtowns to curb auto congestion. A Regional Plan Association report cites federal highway aid exceeding transit funding and calls for deferring major projects and boosting mass transit with a $150 million yearly subway and rail program, while educating the public on true transport costs.
Washington’s defense thinking shifts toward a littoral limited war using coastlines as front lines. Rear Admiral (Ret.) John D. Hayes advocates sea air power backed by selective ground forces to hold key points, warning past Europe focused strategy risks costly missteps in Asia. He cites China's coast and rivers as critical power centers and questions containment lines drawn through Japan and the Philippines.
A lengthy interview with Miss Jean Henry of the Bennington County Humane Society exposes a persistent dog-napping problem spanning Vermont to the North Bennington area. Beagles fetch lab use, owners urged to collar dogs with leather elastic tags for identification and faster recovery if stolen or injured.
The piece argues that off year elections test the desirability of President Johnson's constitutional amendment proposal to shift House terms to four years and align elections with the President. It warns that canceling the 1966 House elections would deprive the public of expressing views on post 1964 changes, notably in Vietnam.
Washington dispatch reviews Andrei Gulynski’s novel introducing Avakoum Zahov as a friendly communist answer to James Bond. The column humorously imagines Zahov outsmarting Bond, then proposes an American rival Goodheart with a compassionate CIA persona. It also debates House terms and political barometers amid shifting U.S. politics.
In a vivid anecdote from E. J. Kahn Jr. about humorist Herbert Bayard Swope, Fielding H. Yost outtalked the famed columnist for three hours and then dropped Swope’s hat with a decisive kick. Swope recovered and left, fuming.
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