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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner, issued daily except Sundays and holidays, is published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The Vermont House approved a bill to strike the poll tax payment requirement for voting at Town Meetings, signaling a shift to one person one vote. Key Bennington County delegates supported the measure, while several named representatives opposed or were absent during the vote.
The Bennington School District formed by merging Village and Rural districts faced a major challenge as it prepares to operate grades K through 6 in July. Enrollment trends demand new classroom space and the board hired a New Hampshire architectural firm to design buildings, possibly on Stark Street property. The board also hired Raymond C. Roy as director of elementary services to assist Superintendent Howard F. Kelley in supervising the elementary grades.
Fischetti and partner team up to run local schools and support the Bennington Water Board. After a long wait, a preliminary inquiry form arrives as the first step toward federal money for new water sources in Woodford. If forms and guarantees arrive, planning can start and taxpayers would vote on construction after frost.
Washington public and officials assess President Johnson's decision to resume bombing in North Vietnam as a display of unwavering confidence and loyalty to military advisers. The piece contrasts his steady posture with critics, notes broad public support, and highlights key figures like Admiral Sharp and Robert McNamara.
A collection of quotes spanning charity, poverty, rural development, and political policy. Notable figures include Thomas Merton, Phyllis Diller, Orville Freeman, and references to U.S. actions in Vietnam and rural water grants. The passages cite critiques of token charity, rural modernization, and meticulous editing tendencies in leadership.
Four hours of talk with Siegfried Tolle at his Pownal home covers his Vermont Fish and Game Board role. Tolle, a biologist, weighs deer damage claims, partridge season controversy, and the board’s regulatory reach, plus the Feb 7 Bennington Rod and Gun Club meeting with Edward Kehoe in attendance.
Patricia Prandini writes from Montgomery Alabama praising Mrs Idessa Williams for civil rights organizing while detailing harsh housing conditions in the west side negro neighborhood. The note recounts unsanitary outhouses unsewered streets and substandard housing as well as wage poverty and racial disparities in housing and opportunity.
A Boston Globe joke concerns Mark Twain and his mother writing a letter that ends with Kiss Susie for me miswritten as Kils Twain replies with a macabre quip about sawing Susie’s head off The piece juxtaposes another quip about green stamps and furniture in a humorous mailroom anecdote from Sonny Fox’s book Jokes and How to Tell Them
President Johnson urges Congress to draft measures to curb public service strikes that threaten national interests after a New York City transit tie up caused hardship and losses. Walter Reuther proposes a trilateral board to create new mechanisms balancing economic facts over power, sparking mixed reactions within labor groups.
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