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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont, serving local news and notices.
Medicare moves toward enactment after President Johnson signals, promising hospital and nursing home care for all aged 65 plus a voluntary doctor bill insurance for 3 dollars monthly and a 7 percent hike in Social Security pensions for about 20 million retirees widows and disabled. The AMA opposes, debating boycott but will decide after final passage. some doctors see Medicare as a step toward socialized medicine while others view it as common sense amid rising medical costs.
J Douglas Brown of Princeton University argues that democracy requires many diverse leaders across communities and fields. He warns against relying on centralized systems and mass production to develop leadership, urging methods that focus on individuals, close relationships, and human values over sheer numbers.
Washington looks at Caracas as a booming metropolis with 1.5 million residents, facing rapid growth, squatter settlements, high birth rates, and social strain. It notes political opposition leader Rafael Caldera of the Christian Democratic Party and calls for housing expansion, sanitation, and revenue to fund schools and land reclamation. U.S. and foreign investment flow fuels oil, steel, and aluminum ventures, while the Guri Dam powers a new city emerging around the project.
Letter to the editor commends the Banner for July 10 coverage of the First Year Report and its role in strengthening ties with the Ford Foundation Curriculum Improvement Project. James H. Morgan, Project Director, thanks the paper for informing area citizens about education initiatives and seeks continued collaboration.
A Vermont Fish and Game release notes strong fishing at Lake St Catherine near Poultney with a 13.5 pound brown trout taken July 4 by Ray Potuznick of Randolph. The lake hosts lake trout, rainbow trout, bullpout, perch, bass and northern pike, plus a noted two story lake concept. A local bass highlight includes an 18.5 pound fish from Harriman Dam. Woodchuck control anecdotes close the piece, and politics ends Bill Davis's longtime Fish and Game post under Gov Hoff.
De Gaulle blocks early steps toward supranational governance by freezing the Common Market mechanism. He opposes a European nuclear deterrent with the United States and hints at removing NATO headquarters from France. While Europeans enjoy a new ease and prosperity, a united Europe remains distant, led by France in a broader vision. Britain’s exclusion and Franco-German dynamics complicate the path toward a federated Europe.
A joke about a three year old in a crowded elevator ends with a parent saying the child bites. Other snippets cite a Thanksgiving era sentiment about Viet Nam options and a Bristol notice about a cold room remedy.
The piece cites Art Smith in the New York Herald Tribune critiquing Gov. Hoff's four appointees for dismissing Fish and Game Commissioner George Davis after 27 years of wildlife work. It also notes Bennington and Hoosick Falls issues with open meetings and bidding, plus community responses to a bulldozer purchase and a Times Square style shopping night. It ends with welcoming visitors from New York City for a two week stay in Bennington County.
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