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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1963
Page
4
Bennington Banner notes its daily publication schedule excluding Sundays and holidays. The notice lists Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont as the operating entity.
Editorial says Bennington Village stalls on water fluoridation amid praise from health groups and public advocates. It cites endorsements by the U S Public Health Service and others, denouncing fence sitting and urging action based on a special committee report presented to the Water Commission.
At the March 17 1953 Village Meeting residents voted 906 to 521 to authorize fluoridation equipment for the water system. No funds were appropriated to implement the plan, and little progress has occurred in a decade. The Burlington comparison shows benefits, costs, and potential savings per capita. Vermont lags. Bennington Village has water but not fluoridation.
The piece targets FDA Commissioner George Larrick for blocking fish flour, a cheap protein source. It notes proponents like George McGovern and Udall, with hopes that processing could render fish parts safe, tasteless, and affordable for billions, while criticizing rigid adherence to the law.
John Steinbeck’s Stockholm acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize celebrates man’s capacity for greatness of heart and spirit. He calls writers to believe in perfectibility, warns of universal fear from scientific power, and asserts a writer’s duty to advance understanding in all fields.
The New York and Cleveland newspaper strikes prompt questions about a constitutional guarantee of free print, with unions denying a binding resolution. The piece cites Danish and Swedish arbitration models showing peaceful settlements and warns on American limits of Taft Hartley.
Quotes stress concern over teaching quality and current conditions in schools. Officials argue complaints should target systemic issues, not individual teachers unfairly. The call is for full-time Vermont residents and jobs to support broader education goals and governance alignment.
A Vermont Rod and Gun Club report recalls a Champlain ice fishing trip with Phil Walker family and friends. The group fished 36 tip ups for wall eyed pike, walleye, sauger and yellow perch, enjoyed venison hamburgers, and noted easy access due to winter shanties left on the ice. A separate club anecdote mentions deer season antics and a camp pork chop caper. The meeting also highlighted Vermont land purchases for permanent hunting areas totaling about 7,500 acres, including Draper Corporation and Bellows Falls Ice Company lands as part of ongoing acquisitions with state forest lands to follow.
In Williamstown Massachusetts the tale of Jacob Hintersass later Henderson traces his 1777 flight from Bennington to a hillside cabin and the naming of Henderson Road. The piece chronicles how the crooked grade shaped local transport, school routes and possible modern relocations with state aid debates pending in 1964.
Ravenswood News humor column notes that aging brings memories when an infant was seen as an addition rather than a deduction, reflecting playful wordplay on growing up and numbers. The brief item frames aging as a stroll through language quirks.
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