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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
White House optimism primes turn in Hanoi policy as Johnson aides tout erosion of enemy morale and a turning point in the Vietnam war. Critics warn that past promised turning points failed to materialize and public mood in Iowa's Palo Alto County darkens, hurting Johnson ahead of midterms. Kennedy cited as more conciliatory on Vietnam could help.
Editor notes Hoosick Falls suffers harsher storm impacts than neighboring Bennington area with downed wires blown trees and damaged buildings. He recalls a propane car derailment and a major North Hoosick nightclub fire, yet casualties remain rare. Also reports Vermont unemployment trends and a reexamination of U.S. 7 reconstrucion hearings in Bennington County. Red Cross retirees Dorothy Gardner and Ellen Lillie honored after 15 years in local office.
In Los Angeles the Johnson administration’s hard line on Vietnam shapes California politics. Governor Pat Brown faces a tough re election in a war wary state as Ronald Reagan positions to leverage TV images and a potential Republican wave. The piece notes Democratic divisions, fund raising strains, and the looming battle over war support.
A Vermont writers Summer Institute at the University of Vermont features talks by Joseph Fox on the contemporary novel and editors Proctor Page Jr. and Ruth Page Jr. on periodicals and greeting cards. The author also recalls Woodchuck encounters near Searsburg, and discusses Democratic discontent with Reagan’s stance on Vietnam.
Donald F. Turner of the U S Justice Department says we will sue when mergers between healthy substantial rivals reach about 4 percent market share in a concentration prone industry. Governor George Romney cautions the limits of federal power noting we cannot police every case or act as a national development tribunal.
An analysis argues conservatives realize universities and intellectual circles resist frontal assaults. By promoting balanced education and new chairs, alumni funding could shift influence by carving centers focused on traditional American doctrine and the ideas of Madison and the free society.
A locker room exchange captures a man recounting his long cherished goal since 1952 to buy a 1952 Rolls Royce. The humor piece contrasts a boy’s misinterpretation of a delegate at large with a father’s quip about Mrs Smith. An overheat of blonde joke mirrors period humor from the Burlington Free Press.
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