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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont, detailing its operating schedule and ownership.
Editorials urge voters to convey five acres of Town Farmland to the Greater Bennington School District for a community planetarium and lease three acres to the Bennington Little League for diamond layout. The 67 acre Town Farm could host cultural and recreational projects, but officials lag in a master plan. the Allen Organization's park proposal should be revived and completed.
A long range plan should designate the Town Farm for a comprehensive park with facilities for swimming tennis picnicking touch football walking and bird watching. The plan aims to create a valuable open space between Bennington and North Bennington with future community recreation growth in mind.
Manchester's Factory Point Bank selects Christian W. Shafer as new president with Earle Storrs retiring. Inter Church Youth Program planned for Sunday to unite Bennington churches. Sal Santarcangelo declines third term as Bennington Village President, leaving race open. Possible town village merger eyed. Norshaft Lions refurbish Cole Hall in Shaftsbury. Community extends sympathy to Mrs. Clarence Briggs after double loss.
Henry T. Heald, Ford Foundation president, argues that a strong federal role supports mass society yet warns against conformity. He calls for preserving pluralism by strengthening independent private institutions amid government power. The Burlington Free Press cites his introduction to the 1965 activities report.
In advice to readers, a White House view analyzes the souring of U.S. relations with Latin America, citing distrust from center to left and right, fears of force or coercion, and calls for broader continental cooperation. The piece endorses Lincoln Gordon as ambassador, urges sustained Alliance for Progress, and argues for a continental market to address population, land, and resources.
In a Vermont notes column, the author investigates why the Lamoille River is named as such, challenging the gull theory tied to Peru and Bromley. He weighs spellings La Moelle and variations, argues language and geology support a moelle meaning marrow or medulla, and dismisses the mouette hypothesis as unlikely. The discussion notes multiple spelling forms and possible rock formations along the riverbank.
Manchester Center resident Henry van Loon criticizes the proposed Expo 67 pavilion design as thin commercial art and calls for a more graceful imprint of Vermont’s substance. The governor’s committee chose Kissiloff and Wimmerschoff of New York as the first design, with final architect hiring still pending.
A New York column argues Americans prefer measured support over marches in Viet Nam. It notes 500000 students pledging to back Johnson’s stance, while YAF rallies draw smaller crowds. The piece suggests a split among liberals and a need for action or movement soon.
A graduate jokes with friends on a Seattle bus about how Western Universal, United Consolidated, and General Amalgamated Products respond to his resume. He notes the Army liked his age. Jones shows off a new convertible while Smith envies the transfer.
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