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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Washington Post urges 75 year old John W. McCormack to step aside for a younger Democrat. The piece argues his leadership lacks vigor and effectiveness amid a shifting House, stressing how party disorganization hampers Johnson's agenda and the legislative process.
The piece argues that seniority elevates committee chairmen based on tenure rather than merit, concentrating power among older lawmakers from safe districts. It notes regional patterns of chairmanship by party and warns the system may curb progressivism, privileging survival of the oldest over the fittest. John Lindsay cites a jungle law analogy.
The Bennington Banner highlights Time magazine’s photo essay on urban smog across major and smaller cities, urges collective air responsibility, critiques a Vermont House gag rule as unconstitutional, and notes YMCA growth. It also honors Lady Gosford of Shaftsbury, discusses Manchester’s $20,000 budget deficit, and quips on public life blame, with syndicated light asides.
As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Fulbright backs the Johnson plan on a consular treaty with the Soviet Union. He prioritizes bridge-building over Vietnam hearings, drawing attacks from rightists and some White House echoes, while urging cautious steps toward disarmament and a path away from nuclear escalation.
A dated reflective column imagines a nightmare of overdeveloped Vermont terrain. Ski slopes jammed by 25 foot high billboards replace trees, with illuminated mountain signs, heliports, and ads. The writer questions planning, regrowth controls, and preservation versus rugged individualism, contrasting dream with the calm reality of Bald Mountain.
Readers debate state taxes and debt in Vermont while praising Florida policies and proposing tax timing changes. A second letter highlights the 83rd Infantry Division manhunt for 25,000 missing veterans and requests contact with a national secretary. The third letter thanks Don Sprague for his Banner advertising work and bids him farewell as he moves to Brattleboro.
In a light column Dick West notes the ubiquity of quirky refrigerator organization. A Republic Molding survey on leftovers and storage prompts wry observations about misfiled condiments and guest navigation in kitchens and bathrooms. A museum guide quip about Venus at the Bath adds a travelog tone.
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