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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
Editorial notes Gov Hoff cites a $2.4 million year end surplus while forecasting higher revenues for the next biennium. He says beer tax will not rise, but liquor, telephone, and cigarette levies are still under consideration. Legislature rejects quarterly premium taxes for insurers, a move Hoff argues would fund ongoing needs.
Hoff seeks a large spend ing program with a 93 million budget for the biennium, about 4 million above conservative revenue estimates. Tax proposals have stalled or been dropped, including a capital gains levy. Legislative leaders question whether economic gains render remaining taxes unnecessary, though the governor believes them still needed.
Republican leaders plan a fact finding trip to France to study NATO conditions as U.S. relations with De Gaulle's France remain a political issue. Sen Everett Dirksen opposes the move as overstepping presidential and State Department authority, while Rep Robert Stafford supports the Republican study.
Editor notes rainfall since May 21 totals 1.5 inches, 49 percent of normal for 10 days, highest in Vermont besides Newport. Vermont Senate reapportionment debate highlights plans merging towns, with Bennington’s Robert Wilson proposing district redraws. Bennington shows rising interest in community theater aided by Ford Foundation funds and Mrs. Pat Sherman, with talks of converting the old Post Office into a theater and auditorium.
The report from Hong Kong notes fighting in northern South Viet Nam expanding earlier than expected. It cites confident statements from President Johnson and planners while assessing that main force units from North Vietnam outnumber South Vietnamese battalions, with full divisions already crossing into the South.
A critique by Samuel R. Ogden Landgrove arguing public schooling should end after eighth grade with private institutions handling secondary education funded by tax replacements. He labels four entrenched fallacies in education policy, citing heredity versus environment, the money end being wasted, and references to Berelson Steiner, Alfred Cismaru, and Roger Freeman while noting local educational debates and school funding disputes. (To be continued)
The piece surveys party rifts over foreign relations and civil rights, noting Ray Bliss and a blue ribbon task force shaping GOP lines, while Morse, Gruening, Church, and Kennedy peers probe dissent inside the Democratic ranks. Connecticut politics tilt left under Pinney as Dodd and Ribicoff appear centrist, Lindsay eyes independence, and Reagan rises in California. Memorial Day reflections condemn war funding shifts from Viet Nam to Santo Domingo.
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