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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
A House Appropriations Committee vote seven to six rejects Gov Hoff's proposal to earmark 1.45 million of a 2.4 million surplus for regional vocational education centers. Bennington and 12 Vermont communities face delays as lawmakers argue for funding via federal and state sources, urging rejection of the committee's plan to leave the centers unfunded.
Editor notes recount a deadly Townshend accident with six dead and possible alcohol involvement as a call for stricter highway safety rules. The column mentions author Chard Powers Smith and poet Edward Arlington Robinson, plus long time community figures in Bennington schools and a farm outing. Snow on Mt Mansfield highlights Vermont winter quirks and gardening concerns.
A Burlington resident recounts early Vermont clashes between the Anti-Slavery Society and the Colonization Society, detailing how abolitionists demanded immediate emancipation while colonizers urged freeing slaves only after relocation to Liberia. The piece links past debates to modern civil rights unity and labels today’s moderates as akin to colonialists seeking gradual change.
In northeastern New York, rugged individuals shine as tale of Edward Ely chasing a raccoon, then slamming it into a sapling, weighs 16 pounds, plus a 1928-29 Cambridge appendectomy on snowy Hospital Hill. Ambulance woes end with a walking patient to the operating room. Four husky helpers lift a stuck car in minutes. Rugged yet kind at heart.
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