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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201, providing local news and notices to residents.
Editorial urges Arlington to approve bond additions to Memorial High School and Fisher Elementary and backs forming a junior high union district with Manchester Dorset Peru and Sunderland. It argues joint planning relieves overcrowding, broadens curriculums, and seeks long term regional solutions while allowing future withdrawal.
The Boston Globe argues Powell should face eroding support from Harlem voters rather than immediate expulsion. It notes his refusal to visit Harlem, defiance of New York courts, and a House finding of gross misbehavior, predicting re election would dominate if courts do not undo the action. The piece condemns selective ethics action and warns of a martyrdom outcome.
A reader denounces The Banner editorial on halting bombing in North Vietnam as pro communist. The letter cites Lt Gen Gavin and Secretary McNamara criticizing bombing, notes past pauses during lunar new year and other ceasefires, and argues for continued or broader action.
A reader argues the Arlington dual building program is necessary citing enrollment data from 1947 to 1967. The analysis shows Fisher School spurring strong growth in grades 7-12 from 1960 to 1967, with total enrollment up 70 percent and high junior senior numbers expected to double by 1970, plus noted gaps in the Memorial School complex and tuition student counts.
The Arlington Memorial High School Student Council pleads for expanded facilities as crowding and space shortages hinder science labs study areas and gym use. Citizens face funding questions while the community weighs two additions now and later at Fisher and Memorial schools.
The piece analyzes if thawing relations with the Soviet Union are possible after Khrushchev and the Sinyavsky Daniel case. It notes limited reform in 1965 66 with agriculture improving and private plots expanding while diplomacy remains hard. It contrasts intellectual dissent with Brezhnev Kosygin diplomacy and asks if mutual understanding is achievable.
Washington dispatch analyzes Sen. Robert F. Kennedy push to withdraw and halt bombing while fending off leftist pressure. Ramparts criticisms, California campaigns, and polls illustrate the erosion of the political middle in a nation divided over the Vietnam War.
A reader reviews the 1965-66 Vermont Biennial Report with bear and large deer photos, notes winter smelt fishing on Lake St Catherine, and recalls a Bangor gun control debate. The column shares ice shanty diversity, a reminder to pick up the fish and game regulations, and brief did you know items. It closes with a Bennington Rod and Gun Club meeting notice.
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