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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The piece notes that white backlash did not dominate this election except in the Deep South where candidates like Mrs. Lurleen Wallace benefited. It cites Edward Brooke’s Senate victory in Massachusetts and write-in votes for a moderate in Georgia, while acknowledging Negro candidates won state and local posts. It also covers HELP’s boycott fade and urges selective buying without further protests.
The Vermont scene moves from the 1966 election to 1968 speculation. Hoff ends his term, Daley might face intraparty challenge, Salmon eyes House speaker race, and Oakes or Ross appear as GOP frontrunners. A Putnam Square idea suggests Mrs Hoff could run to curb prices, while Harte Realty advances Bennington downtown plans replacing a fenced lot with new offices.
Article argues to preserve Robert Frosts South Shaftsbury residences as a national memorial. It cites historical value, notes frost lived in multiple homes including the Peleg Cole house, and urges Vermont and other states to safeguard these sites amid highway plans and watershed concerns.
In a reflective column the author recalls a wartime-like storm and election mood, reviews Bradley Smith’s Shelburne Museum pamphlet on Blacksmith’s and Farrier’s Tools, and ties it to family heritage from Elizabeth New Jersey to Dyberry Valley and Landgrove Vermont, praising the book’s research and craftsmanship.
Mr. Bulkeley serves as a columnist for the Berkshire Eagle, contributing opinion pieces and commentary on local affairs for readers of the Massachusetts newspaper.
The piece argues Americans misread Moscow while overreacting to China and notes the October slogans in Pravda reveal Moscow backing Syria and downplaying democracy in Vietnam. It highlights Western shifts in German and Arab policy and urges tougher bargaining on de tente while watching Soviet moves.
A retired labor organizer learns his illness is hydropsy, meaning excess body water, prompting a joke about never drinking water and ice cubes. An International Teamster quip and a geography classroom joke follow, with a milkman marriage twist.
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