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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner, published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation, operates from 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The 1966 model car market roars with bigger engines and more options. Chevrolet offers 140 to 425 horsepower, while Pontiac Ford push overhead cam and racing motors. Adverts hype power, profit rises for makers and oil firms, and drivers chase speed despite police and a projected 45,000 American fatalities this year.
The piece riffs on changing weather language amid forecasts and drought in New England. It notes a paradox of warm weekends and potential stormy spells, citing Shakespearean phrasing and the public confusion over predicting five days ahead. It highlights the struggle to communicate climate patterns clearly and act on them.
Editor notes Vermont legislature unlikely to pass a regional plan for county wide tax assessments by professional and non political appraisers. The column praises the idea as a regional policy to raise fair revenue for towns. Also mentions soaring, parachute jumping, Bennington Summer, and photo errors in the Arlington Allan P Robertson house image and iron work spread with Longfellow reference.
A columnist weighs whether Johnson differs from Kennedy in handling foreign affairs while noting Johnson shows restraint with NATO, avoids provoking De Gaulle, and keeps aims toward Europe. The piece argues Kennedy’s approach was more active and that both presidents faced shared burdens, urging renewed U S U S Soviet dialogue and cautious arms control despite Vietnam.
An open letter to area legislators questions DDT spraying to control gypsy moths in Vermont. The author urges caution, cites birds and wildlife, cites past resilience of trees, and argues for local property-owner spraying laws while criticizing spraying costs and potential harm to natural resources. The piece includes an inserted quote from James Reston via The New York Times.
United Press International reports that in 1965 New York Albany lawmakers under a Rockefeller Wagner coalition never formed a true Democratic majority. Republicans and anti-Wagner Democrats backed Zaretzki Travia, altering procedures, limiting caucuses, and approving most of Rockefeller's program.
The piece surveys why Barry Goldwater lost the 1964 race, naming five core factors beyond staff influence. It also notes Stephen Shadegg's forthcoming insider account and critiques of campaign leadership, while contrasting public misreadings and strategic missteps with broader historical patterns. It references Kennedy's death, Johnson's prosperity, internal party spoilers, controversial defense remarks, and a Concord New Hampshire headline as pivotal.
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