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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201. This notice outlines editorial staff and publication practices for the local newspaper.
The Surgeon General’s report three years past barely slowed industry sales as 1964 saw a 2 percent drop to 511 billion cigarettes, then a rebound to record highs. Despite links to emphysema heart disease and liver cirrhosis, public belief remains low and warnings are not more visible. Psych research shows no major breakthrough. smoking may fade slowly over generations as youth uptake rises but parental attitudes grow stricter.
Editor notes highlight Bennington Catholic High basketball success and Mt. Anthony skiing under Bucky Broomhall. Ski team competes statewide for first time, not expected to win yet shows promise. Emphasis on lifelong enjoyment and growing winter sports trend among Bennington youths.
Ernest Brouilette of Hartford is walking 427 miles from his hometown to Ottawa to attend an international snowshoe convention. He paused in Cambridge New York to pose for The Banner as he continues his trek, strapped with snowshoes and ready for whatever weather may come.
Scientific researchers at the University of Vermont note that horses show human traits when fondled by people, but the piece humorously argues it would be better for humans to be fondled by horses. It satirizes cross species affection and ends with a cheeky call for mares to mind their own business.
The president faces new decisions on Vietnam as the war remains fluid. Some fear expansion to pacify the South, risking imperialist overreach, while others argue for holding current positions and negotiating. Gavin-Ridge strategy is offered as the viable path to avoid full conquest.
A Michigan State University education professor argues that current testing and grading are obsolete and harmful, prompting debate over how to evaluate learning. The column notes the ongoing tension between exam culture and real understanding, urging balanced, practical education while highlighting student and parent anxiety over marks.
Earl S Gardner of Newfane Vermont urges readers to install automatic home fire alarms after the death of Gerald Warren and his family in a Panton home fire. He argues alarms are affordable, save lives, and calls on state and local officials, fire departments, schools, churches, and insurers to run a widespread, low-cost alarm drive and to wire alarms to local fire departments for immediate reporting. He offers to help others obtain alarms and invites involvement from readers with relatives who suffered losses.
Irving Fineman of Savannah, Ga. notes a revised Fair Housing Bill being sent to the legislature in Montpelier this month and urges Bennington County representatives to push its passage. He cites Southern experience with racial discrimination as a lesson against letting such practices take root locally.
LOOMIS G. DANA thanks donors for food clothes and toys from the Christmas Workshop held through YMCA and Community Welfare Committee. Associate Secretary notes need was clear and assistance necessary for all cases.
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