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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The Regional Planning Commission weighed a Bennington bypass last Thursday, signaling a pause in the controversy. With state engineers’ route in hand, public input has swelled and several alternatives sent to Montpelier. Final decisions hinge on engineering feasibility and how well proposed changes meet traffic needs. Local residents urge moving the bypass east of the village to protect neighborhoods and business districts, preferring a north east route over destroying the Flats and Town Farm. If the Highway Department sticks to the original plan, many Benningonians fear unfair treatment despite listening to local input. Commissioner Holden notes that states rarely consider local sentiment to this extent. The bulldozers and graders can appear quickly, then the decision follows.
The town of Winhall plans upgrades to the town hall using about 12 500 from a 1921 bequest by William F Chisolm intended to be matched. The gift grew fourfold and now funds renovations while residents consider timelines and impact on local social history. The note also highlights BCHS sports upset over Rutland, Vermont development ads, and National Golf Day proclamation.
Washington observers note President Johnson struggles to curb inflation as economists from Harvard and MIT push a tax increase. They warn that without higher taxes, the administration’s anti inflation efforts may falter amid rising copper and aluminum costs and escalating Viet Nam war spending.
The piece surveys remarks by John D. Rockefeller on West Virginia hill people, GOP gubernatorial candidate Thomas L. Hayes about the forgotten man, and Rep Wayne Hays remarks. It also quotes Dr. George Ward on death and a Harvard biology view, plus commentary on sulfur and inflation from Walter Heller and others about presidential policy and the economy.
In Sky lark woods, the author tends a thriving garden with peas radishes and greens while recalling a bear roast lesson in taste. A memory of circus days returns as the narrator joins a roving act and endures a knife and fire routine on stage. The piece blends country living with personal anecdotes and culinary experiment.
Letters discuss Rep. Robert Stafford's June 14 war in Vietnam speech at Paradise Restaurant Bennington with tickets $2.50, and critique a four lane highway proposal ending at Vermont 1130 in East Manchester. Readers urge protecting Highland Avenue and question economic aims, urging attention to local impact and governance.
A concise note from American Legion Magazine cautions readers about the costs of reckless thriving, framing income tax as the penalty for excess financial risk and exuberance.
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