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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
Federal backing backs the $227 million St John River hydro project in Maine as a regional alternative to Quoddy Bay tidal plans. The plan aims to lower New England power rates and spur industry while sparing the Allagash wilderness by routing development downstream under National Park Service oversight. federal officials favor public development over private atomic options, with Udall urging continued study of Quoddy. The Bay of Fundy’s 40 to 50 foot tides are highlighted as a power potential worth leveraging.
An editorial notes mid July all star season shaping, predicting Mets and Athletics finish last, and analyzes civil rights protests in summer of unrest. It discusses Labor history, pacifism, Viet Nam stance, and potential August demonstrations in Chicago and Washington, warning against escalating violence and foreign policy ties.
Washington struggles to help Colombia amid rising unemployment and capital flight. AID, World Bank, IMF defer aid while Valencia fights austerity and a fragile National Front system. Analysts warn population growth and scarce leadership threaten reform, with potential currency controls and even talks of a military move.
The weekend rainfall offered limited relief to drought regions as Northeast towns logged record dry summers. Weather data cites Harwood Hill 0.93 inches and East Durham 2.46 inches, while Mansfield Conn. recorded 5.25 inches. A federal plan seeks $167 million for water project planning, with $5 million yearly grants for a decade, to aid Northeast and Western states. Bennington ponders how to leverage aid for a town water system, plus the need for a broad distribution network. Atomic desalination on Long Island Sound in New York could aid cities facing depleted reservoirs, signaling possible regional benefits for New England.
A reader argues that a June 10 Letter to the Editor by Hun Cohen mislabels veterans who testified on Belmont Pitkin's State Fish and Game Board nomination as “super-patriots.” The writer cites veterans groups’ charitable work, her Army Nurse Corps service, and defends veterans as principled citizens, urging readers to understand their purposes beyond bingo and beer.
The piece recalls hat making with mother’s chosen trims and ribbons, Easter prices, and long process. It catalogs remaining businesses: planing mill, hay dealers, wood dealers, dry goods, Rice Seed Co, Rice lumber and cement, saloons, hotels, bakers, grocers, livery, harness makers, wagon shops, carriage builder, jewelry and cigars, fish dealer, barber, meat market, and a bustling 19th century Main Street economy.
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