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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont. It serves as the local newspaper for the Bennington area with regional news, notices, and community items.
Walter Lippmann argues Johnson's Dominican intervention rests on a sphere of influence idea. He questions geographic reach and treaty commitments, noting hypocrisy if applied selectively and warning that enforcing such a policy globally would require action in Eastern Europe and Asia as well. The piece flags strategic inconsistency.
Congressman Robert T. Stafford reports voting for the new federal aid to education act delivering over 2.2 million to Vermont and for Medicare within the omnibus Social Security package. He opposed the technique of joining Medicare to other proposals but supported the package, citing its wisdom and need.
The article argues President Johnson must weigh a new policy of sending Marines without UN or OAS backing as a response to Communist threats in Latin America. It cites Viet Nam style intervention, Dominican Republic lessons, and rising concerns over Colombia, warning that Castroite conspirators could trigger uprisings prompting U.S. troop deployments. It emphasizes regional sensitivity and the potential for a broader martial precedent.
The piece laments impersonal doctors and the erosion of respected medical tradition. It discusses U N challenges, Johnson Administration policy, and the need to reform the Organization of American States under Ellsworth Bunker. It notes public education demands, PTA shifts, and historic Vermont district consolidation debates spurred by federal funding and 1965 E S E A provisions. It mentions crime concerns and the ABA’s Lewis Powell Jr.
Discussion in Vermont on school district boundaries cites administrative burdens and potential gains. Officials warn reorganizing districts could ease board contacts, with bills allowing larger districts by local vote, not forcing consolidations. The piece notes extensive meetings and staffing gaps across districts and frames larger districts as a profitable administrative reform. The letter from The Bend Catamount congratulates The Banner for its Ayer Cup success, praising typography and photography quality.
Editor notes a new garden column by Pete Mattoon a horticulturist formerly with the Massachusetts Horticulture Society. The piece previews summer town events including a PTA fair Lions Club parade and a poppy sale while musing on street dig errors and parking for doctors and a new post office.
A foreign minister from Ruritania lectures Americans on how delaying trouble invites bigger crises. He cites Vietnam, Laos, the Ho Chi Minh trail, campus protests, and Cuba to argue ad hoc responses flood the globe with unrest. He questions US restraint and warns of underwater flood if the dikes stay intact.
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