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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington, Vermont.
Bennington selectmen reversed a prior denial and granted a junkyard license for Ore Bed Road after earlier objections over future residential development or a potential V1 relocation. The board cited the need to relocate junked cars to a gulley nearby, prompting concerns over inconsistent policy and state law focusing on present conditions rather than future land use.
The Bennington School District Inc. directors, to assume control in July, begin planning a new elementary school as Mt Anthony Union High School rises on County Street. Overcrowded village classrooms force the move despite taxpayer concern.
Eighteen Middlebury faculty members issue an open letter to The Campus arguing the Selective Service College Qualification Test is not a valid measure for student deferments. They urge abolishing the test and replacing it with criteria based on academic commitment and educational integrity, urging action before defense-related policies erode education.
Washington discusses shifting NATO strategy as De Gaulle’s Europe stance challenges the alliance. Rusk seeks a path beyond the old stand-fast military model, eyeing cooperation with the Soviet bloc and potential space and nuclear energy partnerships in postwar Europe. The piece weighs unity, leadership, and the chance for a renewed peace effort amid De Gaulle’s Moscow visit and shifting transatlantic ties.
In a critique of sweeping corporate mergers, the author lists Campbell Soup Pepperidge Farm Planters and others absorbed by larger firms, arguing such consolidations erode initiative. He cites Blair Jr. testimony and notes small firms like Mark Cross and Garfinkel’s resisting takeovers while warning mergers concentrate wealth and power.
A reader letter cites Vermont Extension Service data on rising farm costs and taxes over two decades. It notes 4.5 million yearly gas and oil spend, 3 million fertilizer, 1.5 million chemicals, and that dairymen earned 9.6 cents per quart in 1946 versus 9.5 cents in 1965, plus wide plant investments and low weekly income for labor and interest. Willis Torrey Jr. signs as Rutland County Farm Bureau president.
The Bennington bypass plan favored by state engineers is praised for efficiency, while the planning commission faces criticism for opposing it. Rebecca S Griffin argues the state route best serves community needs, citing disruption concerns at the four corners and Bennington Flats. Clarence H Nicker son notes a bird count from Pownal Center, listing species observed.
A child psychologist observes his daughter pushing a neighbor girl, then asks her father why she acted that way. The moment reveals a child's curiosity about behavior.
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