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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. It serves as the local daily newspaper with regional news, classifieds, and notices.
An editorial argues the Bennington village vote against a new off street lot won t solve downtown parking. It urges coordinated action from trustees planners merchants and taxpayers to expand suitable parking, linking district vitality and tax base to accessible spaces and future development.
In Vermont the reapportionment fight grows more heated as Gov Hoff targets the legislature, Rep W Arthur Simpson defends independence, and Sen Edward Brooke’s Vietnam stance draws national attention. The Reporter’s Max Ascoli argues two U S A s in editorial form, while local leaders urge party unity amid constitutional questions and a push for reform to curb stagnation.
The Rutland Herald weighs a proposed tax on ski lift tickets arguing it educates about the ski industry's economic value to Vermont and local tax receipts. It notes Rep. Osborne’s claim that ski access roads drain state highway funds but cautions against penalizing towns through taxation while touting the industry’s broad statewide economic impact.
Robert A. Larabell of Phoenix warns that teens may need hearing aids by adulthood after measuring decibel levels of rock bands. Citing U S Air Force studies, he says loud rock ranks with riveting and automobile assembling in intensity.
The piece argues Johnson’s secretive style harms democratic checks and balances by delaying decisions and restricting press scrutiny. It cites missed vp choices and an Asian trip as evidence, notes Reston’s warning about limiting options, and asserts a constitutional need for adversarial press relations to prevent tyranny.
The Founders feared concentrated power and added the Bill of Rights to limit government. The first amendment protects press freedom to ensure an independent audit of government actions, preventing tyranny by elected officials.
In Bennington Vermont readers discuss Boy Scouts and scouting ideals led by Steven Rice Troop 353. The author explains merit badges ranks and Eagle progress, invites boys to Second Congregational Church, and answers space and astronomy interests with practical details. A second letter questions reapportionment and Vermont representation, proposing options and asking whether trees should be represented.
The fundamental assumption of the American system is that officials voters and newspapermen understand and believe in the system and intend to make it work. This consensus sustains the republic and differs from a false consensus created by manipulating opinion to suppress opposition.
In a Banner editoral note readers and lawmakers faced a blunt caustic slogan Support Mental Health or I'll Kill You, provoking both alarm and irony. The letter from Robert L Hagerman of Morrisville suggests the line's violence hints at the creator's own need for mental therapy and offers a delayed chuckle at the provocative wording.
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