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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper published by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont, excluding Sundays and holidays. It operates as a local news source for Bennington County with current issues, community events, and regional reporting.
Editor notes that recent issues show graduates heed advice from many sources yet will likely strike out on their own as speakers did at graduation. The piece recalls older times when parents left children with the least capable neighbor youth and reflects on independence and self learning.
An AP dispatch from Cartersville Georgia describes a test of civilian aid during an emergency where 27 people witnessed Becky Champion fall and 57 cars passed by without stopping. The piece notes local babysitters and a church program training 30 girls as safer caretakers, contrasted with the failure to aid Champion and others during the incident.
Washington writer argues scapegoating Ralph Nader ignores broader economy woes as stock markets slip. The piece details a push for federal auto safety standards, key players GM leaders Roche and Russell press Hartke Mackay, and the debate over a regulatory agency vs commerce department. It notes rising traffic fatalities and costs, plus industry caution on rapid safety rule enactment.
A Vermont weekend diary recounts a mystery club ride from Wilmington to Jacksonville and back, with detours for New York trips, scenic countryside, deer sightings, and porch chats. The writer notes fiddlehead ferns, spring signs along Vermont Route 9, and a DIY smudge pot remedy to deter black flies, plus local forest service minor maintenance and blooming lilacs.
Letters applaud the Veterans Memorial Park and honor roll on South Street, with Mrs. Ekwall urging progress. A Bennington reader counters Catherine Mattison’s piece on equal rights, arguing the nation must preserve opportunity without universal rights.
Letters to the editor from Catharine O. Foster and Mrs Lawrence Foucher discuss the Bennington LWV position on unification and citizen rights. They critique editorial stance, call for balanced coverage, and reference local votes and governance issues. An unrelated joke line closes the page.
Judge George M. Fienberg cites J. Edgar Hoover warning on communism and defends civil disobedience as occasionally constructive. He praises protests that spotlight injustices, mentions Rosa Parks’ Montgomery bus boycott, and cautions against conflating dissent with anti American aims while affirming rights guaranteed by free institutions.
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