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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The town endorses a study committee backing consolidation of municipal services, signaling optimism for a broader merger. Voters support long serving Selectman Louis Lausville and reject airport runway extension plans for now, with cost considerations shaping future community improvements as the town planning commission drafts a long range Bennington plan.
The piece argues that cooling tensions with Cuba since the 1962 missile crisis has obscured Latin American undercurrents. It critiques the Alliance for Progress under Kennedy and Moscoso, warning reform aims are fading as aid becomes routine. It calls for renewed urgency and leadership to address social injustices fueling revolutions.
Our Native Vermont editor, returning from Florida, questions Warren Buckler's photo of sap buckets in a maple grove and notes Buckler's apology amid carpetbagger jibe. Tom Brockway links poll tax nonpayment to shorter Town Meeting speeches at Bennington. Selectman Van Santvoord laments Water Resources Board replies on Walloomsac pollution.
A colleague argues that modern neo isolationists echo Taft Hoover views while sharing limits with globalists. The piece traces shifts from prewar isolationism to postwar Truman Doctrine, and argues the debate centers on where US forces should be used unilaterally rather than on aid or cultural programs.
NORTH BENNINGTON residents recall old time spring tonics and remedies. The piece riffs on childhood experiences with iron tonics castor oil and sulfur molasses camomile tea and the painful methods parents used to enforce health regimens. It blends memory with humor and contrasts past and present wellness tastes.
A Pownal reader urges responsible taxpayers to demand cost transparency in highway maintenance and to modernize highway crew hiring to reduce favoritism. The letter also calls for fair handling of profits from the Vermont race track project and warns against gambling as a basis for future prosperity, advocating majority rule and prudent economy.
A national discussion on education funding questions the need for federal aid to schools in poverty districts. The piece notes 1961-62 elementary and secondary expenditures at 18.3 billion with 4.2 percent from the federal level, and analyzes planned 1.2 billion in new aid. It questions federal control and potential pork-barrel spending, citing Virginia's 1962-63 allocations and broader growth in government outlays toward 1965.
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