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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The 1967 Vermont Legislature opens as a modernized session with reapportionment effects, a $131 million general fund budget, and no tax raise. It will debate Gov Hoff’s reorganization plan, a constitutional convention, natural resources protection, zoning, and statewide court and tax reforms amid growth pressures from industry and tourism.
Editor notes reflect on New Year’s viewing binges and politics in Vermont. Barbara Howes of Pownal will read a poem at Gov Hoff’s third inaugural, with Frost remembered for JFK’s inauguration. Esquire’s dubious awards lampoon Vermont for not renaming Niggerhead Mountain. Obituaries and chronologies by Allen D Hill and Helen P Howe close the piece.
Washington column argues the US should avoid winner take all options in Vietnam. It urges a middle ground between prolonged occupation and North Vietnamese domination, warning against unilateral massive force and the dangers of alienating world opinion. The piece cites M Mendel Rivers and cautions that militarist zeal risks global coalitions against the United States.
NORTH BENNINGTON Jan 1 reflection on past year as writer cleans desk of unused papers and junk mail. He inventories wedding invitations, alumni appeals, offers for cultural upgrades, and failed projects, noting unrealized plans and humorous resolutions for a hopeful year ahead.
Analysis warnings that U S policy must not abandon Europe to the East and urges careful handling of West Germany and Japan. It notes Erhard's fall, the Kiesinger Brandt coalition, and risks of Vietnam retreat, forecasting a tense year shaped by Johnson's health and political certainty.
A laborer complains of cheese sandwiches in his lunch as a coworker jokes about asking his wife to cook differently. The punchline reveals the worker makes the lunches himself, not by a wife. The brief item reflects domestic humor in a Family Weekly style.
A reader reflects on past teen meeting efforts, citing Spargo and Hirsch letters and memories of a former Teen Town and the Girls' Club. The writer questions whether youth spaces can succeed without supervision, recalling oldsters’ views on parental involvement and behavior.
Miss Minerva Holmes of Bennington writes to question the need for another teen town and its supervision citing active youth roles and chores. Gerald Raftery of Sunderland responds defending Adam Clayton Powell and praising his impact compared to historic legislative figures.
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