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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper issued every day except Sundays and holidays. It is published by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
President Johnson urges strong federal intervention to clean waters. Proposals include removing dollar ceilings on sewerage grants, increasing annual funding from 150 to 200 million, empowering suits to force abatement in intrastate and interstate waters, requiring pollution source registration, and allowing citizen suits in federal court. Industry opposition likely, but enforcement powers may pass eventually.
Town Meeting debates the annual highway tax as four municipalities must use the tax set at Town Meeting for highway needs. Disparities in needs and grand list increases strain budgets, with villages risking surpluses or cuts shifting from highway to general funds. Selectmen pressed for a $1 tax, same as last year, despite higher grand lists from reappraisals.
Boston Globe comments on FBI Director Hoover saying the Communist party seeks to influence U S youth through college speeches as antiwar sentiment grows. The piece argues against labeling dissent as disloyal, noting 477,000 college students backing Johnson's Vietnam policy and defending free expression as foundational.
CHICAGO During a tour of southern Illinois counties Douglas found voters focused on Viet Nam and US troop involvement. The 74-year-old incumbent, a former World War II Marine, is challenged by Charles H. Percy, a 47-year-old Chicago industrialist, in a race shaped by national mood and party rifts.
The piece notes that declarations of America’s role in Southeast Asia inject volatility into the campaign. It discusses Paced opposition to the Vietnam War tied to civil rights, mentions Elijah Muhammad and Cassius Clay, and cites local power dynamics in Chicago. It also references Percy’s Jackson, Mississippi speech and shifts in the national balance of power.
Dennis O'Brien and Erwin D Canham urge a balance of Scientia and Virtus. O'Brien explores Middlebury College seal Latin meaning knowledge and inner strength, while Canham notes prosperity's hollow side and calls for virtue, responsibility, and a humane, right conduct in a nation busy with wealth and global aims.
In 1939 writers signed a protest against dealings with Nazis. After Stalin signed a pact with Hitler, reactions split among breaking from Communists, excusing Stalin, or silent echoes. The piece argues the liberalization in Moscow is illusory, citing Sinyavsky and Daniel’s sentences and Western protests by Aragon. It critiques Tertz and the Western thaw as a façade masking state control and limited freedom for writers.
A reader denounces the Lady Bird Highway Beautification Bill as coercive to force anti sign laws, warning small Vermont businesses from roadside dinners to motels would lose visibility while big ads dominate. The letter urges defeat to protect tourism and small business, noting political pressure from Montpelier.
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