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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
In a seven orbit flight aborted by mechanical failure, astronauts Armstrong and Scott returned safely. The event underscores space travel's danger while highlighting their historic docking achievement aboard Gemini 8, which remains a step toward landing a man on the moon by 1970, per President Johnson's goal. The nation urges lessons from the crisis to prevent future disasters.
Bennington officials push for improved community amenities with plans for a new YMCA to replace the crowded old building on School and Main and a versatile public park. Directors pursue site studies and a fundraising campaign after two decades of discussion.
The editor recalls St Patrick events in Bennington and reports on political mentions across the region. Local radio families, Republican candidates Kenalene Collins Reid Lefevre Norton Barber and Hoosick Falls election turnout are noted. Town Farm land plans for a park and a long range recreational strategy are urged alongside a student government conclave and town meetings.
Washington commentary argues the economic boom accelerates beyond forecast and requires selective tax actions to slow it without triggering recession. Heller and Samuelson press for mid year tax program and investment-credit suspension with guarantees to restore credits later. The piece frames regulating the boom as a crucial modern government task amid inflation risk and long legislative timelines.
Quotes trace the path from memory of past harms to a joint German Jewish future and call for bold reform. Leaders warn against entanglement of government programs with socialism, stressing poverty reduction, strong education, urban renewal, and balanced public spending to secure a good life in a growing society.
Landgrove, Inc, S. Lewis critique modern science and its ethics. A critique of Kepes’s The Measure of Man and the thrust of 20th century knowledge. The piece contrasts Green Bank’s isolation with urban culture and argues against unbridled technological salvation. It warns that reliance on science alone risks destroying the past.
A letter from Mrs Caroline Knights of Bennington criticizes anti-American tides abroad and domestic dissent. The writer denounces mobs, radicals, and beards, praising capitalism, free enterprise, and national pride. She laments the Viet Nam policy and the state department's timidity, ending with pride in Old Glory and God.
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