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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The Kennedy Humphrey split over Viet Cong recognition could decide U.S. policy in Southeast Asia and influence the two liberal Democrats’ futures. Kennedy argues to recognize the Viet Cong in peace talks and in a future government if desired by Vietnamese people. Humphrey resists, labeling the Viet Cong murderers and fearing recognition would undermine the South Vietnamese government. The outcome may determine if the peace offensive succeeds or stalls and who leads the liberal wing after Johnson.
The article chronicles Martin Luther King Jr establishing a northern base in Chicago to push nonviolent tactics amid complex Negro ghetto dynamics. It notes Mayor Daley’s cautious stance, Chicago’s crime drop and integrated police, and King’s belief in mobilizing unemployed youths while confronting Black Nationalism and ghetto violence.
A Searsburg Mountain neighbor recalls an icy spell that toppled the thermometer to 30 below. Visitors from Connecticut included William Crosby and Dane Bailey, Hartford County purchasing officials and business figures. Crosby and Bailey later visited Dartmouth and watched the Westminster Dog Show on TV. The piece captures small town encounters and distant ties amid a brutal winter.
A reflective piece recalls training and competing with Irish Setters in New Hampshire and New York events, including the memorable first entry with Butcher Boy and Green Mountain Lady in Troy, New York. Lady coped with crowds, won first prize in her class, and inspired a fond homecoming after Sunday's win.
The piece notes crowds expected near Rutland for a Bennington Catholic versus Bellows Falls game and laments road capacity. It reports the retirement of Bud Edgerton from the County 4 H to the UVM Extension Service in Woodstock, highlighting his community contributions. It also mentions weather shifts from rain to possible snow in the mountains and lingering April showers.
Mild but muddy conditions kept voters indoors as Town Meetings faced crucial issues. Prospect Mountain hosted the Winter Carnival where Flip Wilson claimed fastest junior skimeister times, and the Prospect Ski Club enabled many local youths to learn and enjoy skiing.
A science panel warns that the United States must recycle and safely dispose of 48 billion cans 26 billion bottles and jars and 65 billion caps each year. They call for durable bottles and packaging that rapidly degrade after discard, noting such progress would reflect a civilization able to produce a tin can yet solve its waste painlessly. The piece also recalls Ike Eisenhower joking about golf after leaving office and a Wisconsin newspaper quip on kids knowing the value of a dollar.
Montpelier week featured a 96 to 39 vote on H127 to buy the Pavilion Hotel property with funds from the Bond Retirement Fund. The House debated a housing discrimination bill, gas tax increase, and several judiciary and highway measures while snow delayed travel and many legislators acted as waiters at the Pavilion. The Pavilion may later become a state office building, and the next legislature will decide.
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