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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The Vermont legislature is urged to skip a one day special session to transfer an unappropriated surplus to education. With budgets set and December aid checks due, January action would be just as effective and save state costs. Surplus estimates range from 1 million to 3.5 million amid strong economic growth and falling unemployment. The piece argues delays will improve efficiency and clarity for distributing funds to education.
The article argues the United States hesitates to escalate bombing in North Vietnam despite evidence that North Vietnam is prepared for heavier action. It cites evacuation and fuel depots, questions airpower effectiveness, and notes risks of losing Western support and provoking Soviet reactions while pondering whether broader strikes would yield results.
A humorous column notes that mothers throw children’s parties as constant emergencies with unpredictable guest lists. It offers practical tips on venue, safety, gifts, games, refreshments, and even recommends aspirin for adults while suggesting fathers hire a sitter and take mothers out for a quiet dinner.
The Bennington Village Trustees will study a cost report for installing new poles to suspend a traffic light at the Main and Valentine Streets intersection. Until delivery, warnings may be needed 100 feet before the corner to reduce hazard for tourists and locals.
Washington readers learn of a portable two pound radar device the size of a pie box. RCA developed it for military use but executives see civilian perks. The Doppler based instrument gives audible signals to detect moving objects, including pedestrians after dark.
The writer recalls Jan 6 1946 the Loyal Order of Moose Bennington lodge founding and Mooseheart High School’s 48th commencement at Mooseheart Illinois. He notes War ren Church receiving the Pilgrim Degree after 20 years service, praises Mooseheart, and recounts a Chicago Moose convention trip with guides and campus sights including dairy barns among 120 buildings.
Byron Harrington recounts a Mooseheart visit noting 137 cows and 135 hogs for 1000 residents, meeting house mother and boy scout, services in House of God, tours of trades rooms and a new pool costing 357000 funded by the Second Degree Legion of the Moose. Graduation with 46 graduates from 26 states and Canada, 26 scholarships, Gov. Otto Kerner and Elmer E. Harter among speakers. Moosehaven next year.
A weary guest peppers Mark Twain with a morbid joke about breath causing deaths. Twain replies with a clumsy pun about Niagara Falls, contrasting a misheard Cadillac with cataract. The anecdote appears in a Boston Globe item referencing an engagement.
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