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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The piece notes antiwar demonstrations impact on troop morale in Viet Nam and on Communist assessments of U.S. resolve. It compares home dissension to France’s 1950s setback, then cites right wing calls for harsher measures to defeat the Viet Cong.
In a speech at RPI Gov Hoff urged regional planning be made mandatory. We support planning but prefer local decision to start planning, led by locally elected planning commissioners and voluntary regional cooperation. Communities that join regional efforts should do so via local initiative with broad local support.
Editor notes praise local Industrial League basketball at UVM gym despite no championship berth. The season features strong players with high school and college eye for the game, plus health benefits. Batmania in Jean Wassick's column contrasts fiction’s pull with Gemini 8 TV coverage.
The piece notes federal war plans risk misinterpretation by enemies, urging careful planning. It highlights Vermont towns embracing regional planning, Windham County’s program, and Bennington County’s countywide efforts. It also lauds Bennington Museum’s mid-19th century ceramics collection and discusses Gesell testing in schools, stressing parental cooperation and readiness.
A reader presses for aid to aging Vermont farmers driven from markets by shifts in processing and state policies. He recounts elders facing poverty after years of farming, urges investigations, a $1,000 bank protection, and closing tax loopholes. He petitions for a state capital gains tax and better support for vulnerable seniors. The letter also notes March as National Social Work Month and debates a northern New England graduate school proposal.
The piece argues the means test degrades welfare work by forcing applicants to prove poverty, destroy dignity, and destroy incentive. It cites Vermont and U.S. practices, notes social workers’ dedication yet helplessness, and highlights New York City’s plan under Mitchell I. Ginsberg to replace inquiries with affidavits, allow recipients to keep half earnings, and add advisory groups, urging similar reforms locally.
Sunderland notes a trend toward two level programming as a response to waning TV viewership. He cites Batman and The Weather with Wendy, contrasts with enduring book access, and recalls past favorites like Captain Marvel. He argues books offer deeper, timeless replays without reruns.
In Albany the Republican policy role has moved from the legislature to Governor Rockefeller and his aides. Senate leader Brydges maintains discipline but lacks standalone clout. Assembly figures like Duerna and Hughes are largely guided by Rockefeller. Some fear rural candidates suffer from metro focus while others see strategy aligning with the governor to boost electability.
A civics teacher uses an ant's life to illustrate labor and social structure. A student quips that the ant’s fate ends when someone steps on him. The note adds a quip about comparing beloveds to the moon and complexion, from North American Newspaper Alliance.
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