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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont. It operates daily except Sundays and holidays, providing local news and notices for Bennington and surrounding areas.
The piece argues the defeat of a Vermont power bill stemmed from intense lobbying and legislative confusion led by Central Vermont Public Service Corp and Albert Cree. It notes Gov. Hoff’s push for Canadian power via a non profit, questions about long term contracts, and the need for low cost power while acknowledging obstacles and market realities.
Mayor Lindsay faces an unavoidable fiscal path, guided by the Temporary Commission on City Finances. The 10 year spending surge outpaces tax growth, forcing reliance on broadly based taxes, including a prospective city income tax, to close a $600 million annual gap.
LANDGROVE A meditation on resisting rapid gadgetry and cherishing timeless verities. The narrator recalls a wintry river morning with beaver mink and blue jays, finding enduring truths beyond mechanization. Hawthorne’s Birthmark is cited as caution on nature’s mastery versus wisdom.
Editor notes praise Probate Judge Margaret Dougherty as a popular civic figure in Manchester. The piece explains regional school planning in Bennington County and urges an information meeting to clarify the regional district proposal. Winhall faces growth pains from ski boom near Stratton Mountain, with police funding and real estate concerns amid a blended town meeting crowd.
In New York the Fulbright committee hearings are criticized for pressuring military figures to reveal battle plans for South Vietnam. The piece argues that keeping plans secret preserves strategic surprise, cites Korea and Germany as examples, and contrasts senators Fulbright and Aiken with Morse and Gruening over how to end the war.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover accuses Communists of increased activity opposing Vietnam policies. He cites 1965 Washington protests, a two week youth leadership camp in New Jersey, and campus recruitment tied to efforts to destabilize the United States. Hoover warns of large propaganda spending and a push to enroll thousands in 1966.
A humorous Scandinavian style vignette states a bookie questions how a pin in the paper found a winner while a little old lady chuckles that yesterday four winners were not fair as she used a fork. An unrelated court joke follows about a husband beaten with an oak leaf, used to tease the idea of a legal charge.
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