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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 95201.
The Mt Anthony Union High School District voters go to the polls Monday to decide a 600000 20 room addition to the Park Street high school. Enrollment jumped 340 in one year making space for the freshman class critical, with temporary solutions untenable. The district argues the addition is the only economical long term fix, aided by 20 percent state debt assistance, and would allow all four high school classes to be under one roof and avoid costly rentals or transfers. The board cites overcrowding, educational benefits, and future enrollment as the basis for support.
Editor notes celebrate Bob Cummings Jr returning to state service as chairman of the Vermont Personnel Board, praising his Montpelier tenure as banking and insurance commissioner. The piece also previews a Putnam Memorial Hospital horse show at Green Mountain Park with big prizes and social events to raise funds, and discusses New York state lottery plans and Vermont school overcrowding leading to considerations of a union district to ease enrollment pressures.
Washington publishers ride a Bull market as tell-all memoirs from Svetlana Alliluyeva to former officials like Hilsman Attwood and Braden spark global interest and concern. The mix of political insight and alleged corruption promises a hotter battle of the books with high world rights bids and security questions.
The author argues that bureaucratic policies threaten Burr and Burton Seminary, warns that small public high schools face forced consolidation, and defends the school's strong language and academic programs. He recalls resigning as a trustee twenty years ago, cites erosion of private academies, and condemns policy shifts toward vocational courses over rigorous core subjects.
In New York and Baltimore passages Carmichael questions Vietnam service and declares black power to attack Western civilization while vilifying police. The piece contrasts his stance with George Schuyler and Philippa Schuyler, noting her death in Vietnam and praising Horatio Alger awardees like Dr. Michael DeBakey and Dr. John Howard. The column questions whether Carmichael can influence the nation.
A House appropriations subcommittee hearing mocks the State Department budget requests through Richard P. Scott's testimony about a $414,000 funding rise for the computer base switch and a $273,000 rental slippage reserve. The piece jokes that Scott runs the department's message center and handles 97,469 daily messages while noting some are labeled no distribution.
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