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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily excluding Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont, serving local readers with news and notices.
The American Public Power Association gathering in Boston urged methods to cut New England electricity costs. Gov. Hoff backs importing Canadian power, Vermont lessons from New York’s Power Authority, and the Yankee Dixie plan to move Appalachian coal mine power north. Assistant Secretary Holum cited St. John River project’s yardstick effect and private-public utility cost-cutting pushes. A mix of hydro, nuclear, and fossil fuels, used where best, could lower rates across the region.
Southwestern Vermont students will return to classrooms this summer for the Ford Foundation supported Cooperative Project for Curriculum Development. The third year offers diverse courses including Japanese Culture and Pottery Making, serving as a proving ground for curricular innovations adopted by local schools. The Bennington area gains from these programs as well as from a county soil conservation cartoon contest and a rising college enrollment at St. Joseph College. Rep. Robert Stafford will speak at commencements, and Arlington writer Mary Wolfe Thompson works on a local history book that may entertain and inform readers for years.
In a Princeton address President Johnson is accused of departing from America’s founding obligation to use power within the framework of law and collective security. The piece argues he acted unilaterally in Santo Domingo Viet Nam and Stanleyville, lacking UN or regional approvals, and contrasts this with Truman’s UN backed Korea intervention. It criticizes self confidence and arrogance in U.S. foreign policy and calls for allied consult and restraint.
NORTH BENNINGTON. In a reflective piece, the author notes how younger generations mock the “good old days” and how nostalgia overlooks changes in letters, air travel, money value, hair customs, and parental presence. The essay links rising nonconformity and dating in school to current college drug and promiscuity concerns, arguing youth challenge old norms while parents romanticize them.
The President and his supporters claim the Vietnam War mirrors past anti-tyrant struggles, arguing it is legally and morally the same as resisting the Kaiser, Hitler, Stalin, or Korea. They are mistaken.
A Bennington Banner reader argues the planned four lane bypass would devastate Flats businesses and Grand List. They favor an eastern route proposed by Morse Cadiz and supported by the town selectmen, with interchanges at Willow Road and near U.S. 7 and Vt 67A to serve Flats and downtown Bennington.
A selection of letters and commentary on Kennedy era policy argues for timing on unification votes, U S aid to Latin America, and East Asia. Contributors discuss fall elections, Bolivia versus West Germany aid efficiency, and U.S. stance toward Taiwan amid China negotiations.
Mrs Elaine Naw Rath of Manchester Center praises The Banner for adding Gerald Raftery as a regular columnist. She commends his warm wit and humane, gentle humor that sees human foibles with affection, contrasting it with harsher writing. Rah rah Raftery.
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