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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
An editorial condemns the firing of Vermont Fish and Game Commissioner Bill Davis. It argues the move lacks stated reasons, questions governor and board pressure, and says Davis’ 27 years of service advanced wildlife management amid frequent criticism from hunters and clubs. The piece warns the state risks losing professional leadership to political pressure.
Editor notes from multiple papers discuss Vermont crop losses estimated at five million dollars by Robert P. Davison of the Vermont Extension Service. The drought prompts farmers to seek quicker, weekly rainfall, while local reports cover a small annual motorcycle scramble in Grafton, NH and reflections on Lt. Gov. John Daley's $8,000 salary and duties.
The article argues the president faces a cruel choice between a costly war and defeat. It calls for a new policy: shift from village defense to fortified strongpoints with sea access, seek peace with Viet Cong and North Vietnam, and avoid a costly, unwinnable commitment while preserving influence in Asia. It critiques bombing advocates and advocates strategic retreat as a credible path to eventual settlement with China.
A Vermont Resources Center report on local tax bases, taxes paid, and effort is reviewed. The piece contrasts past financial statistics from state and regional charts, criticizes current procedures, and argues that real conditions hinge on services, property values, and municipal honesty and efficiency.
In Doylestown Bucks County Pennsylvania a town meeting rejected a $500000 federal downtown renewal offer choosing local efforts instead Operation 64 led by Frank X Shelley Jr and Joseph R Kenny produced storefront photos watercolors and coordinated remodeling funded mostly by local labor and small loans The co chairs urged strict federal controls while seeking Washington support and other towns have asked to copy the program signaling a potential shift in how federal money is perceived and used to revitalize downtowns
In a Sandgate letter to the editor, residents mourn the death of Miss Luke Westfeldt who loved her home, summered there since 1948, and stayed through winter after central heating was added. A polio survivor who graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Tulane, she pursued physical therapy, wrote about it, and mentored patients from her Sandgate home.
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