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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington, Vermont.
Ten towns in Bennington County backed a regional planning commission while Manchester opposed, threatening a year delay or defeat of the plan. If five of six key valley towns join by March 10, 1967, partial participation remains possible though less effective. Manchester may still reverse its stance within a year.
Town meeting results surprise political observers as voters approve an airport runway extension by a strong margin. The plan spreads local costs over ten years and follows a concurrent approval to reserve five acres of town land for a planetarium, hoped to anchor a large public recreation and cultural center on Town Farm land.
Editor Tom Foster reports four robins flying north today and a local resident notes early crocus sprouts. In Bennington County annual meetings addressed police protection sisters salaries and routine matters while Landgrove honored town clerk Helen O Cody who retired after a third of a century with gifts including 1000 gallons of gasoline.
Analyzes the possible successor to Bundy as a principal staff officer in the White House. Compares predecessors Col House and Harry Hopkins, and outlines the role as closeness to the president, internal staff coordination, and the need for a trusted figure to translate complex policy into clear choices for decision.
NORTH BENNINGTON offers a reflective piece on housework and women's roles. It argues that drudgery can become meaningful when tied to love and memory, critiques titles like homemaker, and urges acceptance of personal limits while valuing everyday care and family joy.
A mix of letters to The Banner urges Vermont tax reform and notes capital gains tax, gas tax, and policy ideas. George Wood Jr. urges federal crime treatment for murders. residents advocate capital gains tax and luxury tax ideas while supporting a Paul Quinn College book drive in North Adams from Feb 28 to March 11 seeking 2,000 volumes. A poem by Byron A Harrington and spring musings close the page.
Nassau resident Nathan Roth publishes a letter to the Albany Times-Union editor disputing a WRGB article about The Barn. He claims cast members were unpaid, most appearances were at hospitals and senior centers, and asserts the FCC inquiry and viewer letters were misrepresented. He urges equal time to present a truer picture and criticizes the station’s public accountability.
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