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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 95201.
Editorial notes a shift in attitude toward service stations from eyesores to architectural assets. Oil companies hire architects to blend stations with surroundings, add landscaping, and regionalize designs. Vermont and Bennington examples show growing public demand for tidier premises and orderly growth nationwide.
Montpelier city officials appear foolish in a quarrel with Goddard College students over a proposed Free University Weekend to discuss Vietnam draft and social issues. Students faced insults and obstruction before being allowed to meet in Hubbard Park with traffic restrictions. Police are expected to guard the event. Norwich College cadets staged a party raid causing property damage at Vermont College, prompting state police to intervene. The piece lauds Bennington officials for protecting free expression and condemns Montpelier's harassment, urging respect for lawful activity and speech.
Washington commentary notes George Wallace as a bold, polarizing figure whose appeal cuts across black and white workers and small businessmen. Vernon J. Veritas weighs Wallace's potential to unite the South with national interests, comparing him to Jackson and Lincoln while noting ongoing debate over racism and states rights in a crisis era.
A Banner report notes an Orvis fly casting school at Manchester and a free first session fly casting course in Lake Cochituate Massachusetts led by Charles Saunders of North Conway. The piece praises growing interest in fishing safety, cites TV coverage of hunting and fishing, and highlights Jaycee powered BB gun safety education with 50,000 youths involved in 1967.
Chester E Houston of Powder Springs Georgia writes to The Banner praising Bennington and Vermont for years but protests rapid decay in town. He notes neglected paint, a junkyard look near the former bank and theatre, and contrasts Park Lawn as still tidy, urging broader civic progress.
Secretary Rusk defended U.S. limits on Middle East intervention as senators warned against another Vietnam scale. The committee voiced fear of escalating conflict and Haiphong style blockades, while Fulbright urged Soviet mediation for both Congo and Vietnam peace. The piece notes rising Vietnam costs and the risk of broader clashes with the U.S. bearing much burden.
A joke scene shows a mechanic drunk before a dentist visit and a fussy old maid decryting whiskey as an abomination. The second quip mocks jury duty and hearing, with a judge’s wry remark about hearing only one side of a case.
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