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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1967
Page
4
Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. The notice lists the publisher as Banner Publishing Corporation with the given address and publication schedule.
The nine member House Select Committee led by Rep. Emanuel Celler urged that Rep. Adam Clayton Powell be seated but censured, fined up to 40,000 dollars, stripped of seniority, and have his secretary dropped from payroll. If he does not take the oath by March 13 his seat could be vacant. The panel cited misuse of funds and false reports, while noting Powell was not alone in misconduct. A permanent standards committee was proposed to enforce ethics rules.
Editor notes that the legislature approved a new split formula to aid Green Mountain Park and urges track officials to use extra income to raise purses and attract better horses and crowds. The Racing Commission should monitor finances and progress, with a 1970 sunset and possible reviews if finances improve.
Readers glimpsed Dorset heirlooms from Danby rocking chair to Chinese porcelain in a Banner photo spread by Nancy Otis and Marden Skinner, highlighting historic value and local pride in homes lost to limited access. An official warns Lake Erie pollution risks intensifying, calling for action.
In a response to Ira Whitney's plea to restore funds for the Fish and Game Department, a letter argues against raising resident licenses and notes he favors a non-resident hike while opposing an antlerless season previously. It cites land posting rising due to deer overpopulation and criticizes officials including Whitney and Leland Wood for reserving land and inviting more postings ahead of next deer season.
In Perspective these letters discuss state land posting, Fish and Game Board actions, and a defendable stance by Whitney and Collins. A separate contributor urges voters to weigh alcohol policy at town meetings, linking morality to youth safety amid rising highway deaths and crime.
The Rainbarrel coffee house will close until March 10 and open only on Friday and Saturday thereafter while the Rainbarrel restaurant remains open for diners. Vandals damaged the ladies room posters for the third time since September and later wrecked the sink, leading owner Alain Midire of North Bennington to halt repairs.
After a snowy night in Montpelier Gen Allen joined Rev Joshua Young and Oliver Johnson in a quiet, symbolic toast on the Vermont Capitol steps. They praised open housing and the Lower House's move toward equality while recalling anti slavery sermons and 19th century speeches on moral reason.
A writer urges Sunderland voters to back a union school district on March 7 citing Nita Alvarez as a case of unequal education. He argues larger schools create gaps in seventh and eighth grade grades and says union planning would provide equal education without forcing new buildings.
In Albany, lawmakers clash over how to run New York's lottery. A four-draw plan at $2 tickets with a $60 million state take faces upstate opposition and debate over local share, ticket price, and revenue projections amid party disagreements and Governor Rockefeller’s 1967-68 budget hopes.
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