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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
Village trustees voted to ban parking on the east side of North Street from Main to Adams, likely effective at midnight Sunday, in hopes of speeding traffic and reducing congestion. The move removes about 15 parking meters and prompts calls for more off street parking and potential traffic by passes.
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge signals a political focus in the Vietnam war as he returns to Saigon. commentators, including Rajmohan Gandhi, warn that a broader peace push in the U S and Europe may test Johnson's resolve to win in Southeast Asia. The Viet Nam press and antiwar circles push for a political settlement while military actions continue.
In a reflective piece from North Bennington, the author questions whether Mariner probes toward Mars will ever yield scenes thrilling enough to preserve imagination. The essay argues science strips magic from life, praising rainbows, clouds, and daisies as sources of wonder, and laments a future where discovery erases childlike awe.
Editors note a community driven effort to fund most of the purchase price for a new ambulance for the Bennington Rescue Squad. After delivery on Thursday the squad will operate two new vehicles and match any professional or volunteer service in the area. Old Benningtonians worry the St Joseph College dormitory may alter the Colonial village’s character, but strict zoning conditions could limit impact.
Solicitors for St Pauls Roman Catholic Church in Manchester report a total of two thousand dollars above their goal for a new church. The completed building will be Vermont first to implement Vatican Council liturgy changes. Village Attorney John H Williams II celebrated as trustees awarded him another ordinance to draft, proving his value to the village and to Arthur Lemieux who had questioned his pay.
The text recounts debates on Earth's shape from Magellan to Gemini4. It notes skeptics who deny a round Earth despite circumnavigation and space photos. A Flat Earth Society official in Dover argues wide lenses distort images, maintaining Earth is not a globe. The piece ends with a proverb about blindness of the heart.
Francis A. Blanchet Jr of South Orange urges using high school sophomore debates to educate about cancer, proposing a congress consent mechanism and school boards to supply facts. John Lancaster, ASE secretary, praises The Banner editorial on road safety and urges continued coverage of highway dangers and driver fitness.
A reflection on Adlai E Stevenson as a symbol of an authentic American type and the danger of rising power and wealth eroding the nation’s original ideals. The piece compares Stevenson to Lincoln and questions whether the country will preserve the better angels of its nature or slide toward imperial ambition and moral compromise.
A humorous Catholic Digest anecdote features Father O'Brien and Rabbi Cohen at a large banquet. A giant ham is circulated and the priest asks when the rabbi will eat ham, prompting the rabbi to reply that he will at the priest’s wedding.
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