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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays. It is published by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues downtown Bennington lacks off street parking and will worsen. It supports spending about 52000 to buy the Davis property on Pleasant Street for a new lot, urges community responsibility with merchant cooperation, and calls for a long range plan possibly via the regional planning commission. It urges Trustees and local groups to align on a parking strategy to sustain downtown prosperity.
A Bennington reader argues for passing the ski lift tax to ease state tax burden, defend roads and support tourism while noting exemptions for students. He praises Rep. Red Kearns and criticizes some politicians, urging lawmakers to advance progress and fair wages. A second note from Bennington requests a descendant of Justus Jillson to contact for a South Carolina education history project at the University of South Carolina.
North Bennington column argues adults cause teens to rebel by double standards. It recalls a Jersey City teachers strike and Easter makeup days, notes student protests, and urges adults to meet youths on their ground with humor. It endorses a Bennington coffee house plan as a learning space.
Editors urge a late April or early May special town meeting to unveil the final planning proposals and gather citizen input as the regional planning commission completes the two year study. They criticize the House budget cuts to the anti poverty program and stress the need for open public meetings and accountability in state government.
A letter to The Banner argues for a 10 percent tax on ski lift tickets, contending lawmakers have unfairly subsidized the ski industry with highway funding. The writer asserts skiers pay little for roads, cites past subsidies, and urges tax burdens shift to users of ski facilities. The House Ways and Means Committee gave an adverse report by 9-1.
Mendes-France argues the French election shows de Gaulle no longer holds a majority, while the anti Gaullist bloc remains disorganized. Foreign policy is broadly supported, with consensus on detente with the Soviet bloc and Western alignment, despite some dissenters. The defeat of Couve de Murville to Dupont underscores gaps between grand diplomacy and local needs.
A Burlington Free Press brief recalls a burlesque theater stage manager prompting a shy curle during auditions with a sharp volley of commands. The report notes the tension of the moment and the manager’s forceful directive.
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