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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The AMA promotes Eldercare as a supposedly more liberal plan than Medicare. Congress expands Medicare to cover doctors and drugs, funded by a small monthly premium, undermining the AMA campaign and revealing a strategic shift rather than a real policy concession.
In Hoosick Falls politics run lively as the new Peoples Party gains momentum with village trustees races. Bennington meanwhile sees unopposed candidates, while Dick Severson wins a seat on the board of trustees amid a wave of local campaigning and long involvement in town politics.
The rescue squad is valued alongside the village team in Bennington and turnout was about 10 percent, seen as a setback for grassroots democracy. Voters approved items granting trustees power to enact building fire electrical and garbage and junkyard regulations with plans for swift action to curb hazards.
Residents along Vermont's eastern boundary doubt Gov Hoff's liquor and cigarette tax plan. Crossing the Connecticut yields 20 cent cigarette carton savings and liquor price gaps may vary. Governor's experts estimate wider margins could boost state revenue elsewhere, but locals question price sensitivity on smokes and drinks.
In Bloomington Illinois a reporter surveyed 27 shoppers about Viet Nam and a potential broad war with China. Most showed troubled uncertainty with mixed views on bombing North Viet Nam ground troops and eventual negotiations. Few embraced isolationism. many fear a wider conflict and its costs.
A Vermont reader recalls trout season prep along Battenkill and Cold Spring Hole with river sightings and past exploits. Anecdotes include a giant snapping turtle escape, a hat with flies, boys braving icy water, and a memorable eight pound brown trout near Sunderland Manchester line. The piece praises Vermont Life magazine and invites reader chats.
Capitol jottings recount Vermont lawmakers debating a civil rights resolution. Salmon’s amendment watered down the federal protection of minority rights, angering supporters of robust action. Critics fault Alabama, deny protest rights, and fault Governor Hoff for late critique as public indifference spreads.
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