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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont. The notice lists standard masthead details for the Vermont newspaper dated May 26 1965 and includes publication frequency and address.
Editorial notes President Johnson asks Congress to repeal Section 14 B of the Taft Hartley Act, authorizing states to enact right to work laws. The move signals a backroom strategy likely to provoke a major fight with organized labor and business groups. Public sentiment outside business supports right to work, even among liberals wary of labor power.
The piece argues the U S president faces a charged clash over right to work laws, with AFL-CIO led by George Meany pressing for repeal by Congress. It notes eleven states have such laws, highlights political risk for Johnson, and warns the fight could distract from larger programs. The closing line recalls a grim, fearful life.
Nguyen Xuan Thuy in his mid thirties recalls a hard life in Hue as a former Viet Cong political cadreman. He describes brutal North to South transfer, underground posts in Thuy Tien and Quang Tri, and the brutal discipline of Viet Cong squads before finally surrendering to the Huong Tra district chief in May.
In Grandview Cemetery North Bennington lies across municipal lines, a Protestant plot with old markers and stark epitaphs. The piece recalls two Continental Army lieutenants buried side by side and tender lines for infants, as the narrator muses on pioneers, faith, and Memorial Day reflections.
The editor rails at a Claus Listen boxing event as an mockery of boxing, citing fans and paying patrons who felt it insulted the sport. The piece contrasts the bout with cold porridge and mocks phantom punches, while broader notes praise civic and educational events and local political changes.
Middletown Press argues Congress must declare policy to end the poll tax, citing constitutional rights under the 14th and 15th Amendments. It urges a present voting rights bill declaration or a constitutional amendment to ban the tax to prevent voter disenfranchisement.
In Hartland Four Corners a modest Town Meeting Day program funds the proper observance of Memorial Day with students conducting recitations and songs and veterans ensuring flags on graves. The writer stresses the simple, heartfelt act binds the community and honors sacrifices.
A UPI column details a humorous test at a Women's League of Traffic Safety party. The author and volunteers breathe into a drunkometer run by a police sergeant, yielding breath readings well below the .15 limit, yet raising doubts about public safety demonstrations and the idea of social drinkers as highway threats. The piece ends with the narrator hoping his performance wasn’t a flop as a test subject.
A Vermont quip about Iowans bragging on farming contrasts with a bridge standoff where two motorists meet on a too narrow span. One driver refuses to back up, the other calmly shifts into reverse, illustrating small town wit and patience in Everyday life.
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