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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington, Vermont.
Montpelier lawmakers fray over adjourning without new taxes to balance the General Fund. Rep Emory Hebard and other conservative leaders push to end the session early while Ways and Means weighs higher cigarette and gasoline taxes plus liquor and telephone levies. Governor warns of a $5 million revenue gap and expects enacted tax measures to avoid deficits.
Editor comments on Reuben Levin as first announced candidate for Bennington six member House seats in the upcoming reapportioned legislature. The piece urges local leaders to consider running, praises Bennington’s potential delegation, and notes ongoing posts including the Post Office building and withdrawals in banking and insurance leadership. Donald Hemenway and past figures are mentioned in context.
The Carteret County News-Times comments on George Meany's critique of government witch hunts against unions. It notes union finances can be murky and officials allege election irregularities, arguing unions’ growth owes much to federal support. The piece questions Meany's stance while stressing accountability for corrupt practices.
This concluding piece compares Rev Joshua Young of Burlington and Ted Seaver III of Montpelier, both controversial civil rights figures, arguing history repeats itself in Vermont. It notes Young’s abolitionist stance and Seaver’s Mississippi project, highlighting reactions by their communities and boards.
William E Hawks a Cambridge N Y resident at Lake Lauderdale and wintering in Bennington died July 5 1929 at age 66 while reading on his lakeside veranda He wrote western plains ballads and was a famed historian of the West He toured with Cody and Miller Brothers wild west shows and met Will Rogers Hawks left a wife Bessie Blanchard and a brother George in Bennington His memory recalls the days of the Wild West and his friendship with Buffalo Bill and Rogers.
Washington watches Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara amid disputes over bombing limits and civilian control in the nuclear era. Thurmond questions civilian guidance as Goldwater insists on bombing and restraint on ground troops. The debate pits defense as politics against constitutional civilian leadership.
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