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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont, serving as the local daily newspaper for the region.
Editorial lauds the Gemini 12 mission for docking with an Agena rocket, recording a spacewalk record, capturing eclipse photos, and advancing U.S. space exploration toward moon landings. It praises crew courage and tech advances, forecasting a new era of space travel and international cooperation.
Editor notes a deer killed by a hunter despite a red warning jacket worn by a pet deer on the Barbers' Marlboro farm. The piece condemns reckless act and warns of stricter laws. It also touches on sports pages, a football game crowd, and civic commentary, highlighting local events and quotes from other papers.
A long analysis argues Maoist China fears invasion while Chiang Kai-shek’s Taiwan network, Section Six, conducts ongoing psychological warfare. It details purges within the PLA, Lin Piao’s control near Fukien fronts, and the strategy of seeking defections in South China rather than expecting a direct Yank invasion.
In Albany and statewide, campaign success hinged on organization, money, and hard work. Rockefeller rode a broad ground effort with Pfeiffer orchestrating a massive volunteer army while opponents clung to traditional machine methods. In Albany, Daniel Button upset the Conners machine by building a robust field operation and broad volunteer support, proving a well funded, active campaign beats entrenched machinery.
Sunderland writes that post election talk of splitting tickets shows healthy political health. He notes party loyalty discourse varies by alignment, mocks party hacks and steel of support, and shares a personal experiment lowering his empathy threshold to favor Republicans, via a light satirical critique of partisan behavior.
The text argues that supporters view their party as divinely right, regard opponents as inferior, and discourage honest rivals. It notes voters often rely on party labels over judgment and urges stern self analysis to avoid blind allegiance.
The piece urges voters to evaluate candidates by records and deeds rather than speeches. It argues that electing officials should focus on work done on the job and off it, not on appearance or rhetoric. It questions judging political contests by rhetoric alone and advocates inspecting measurable behavior and results.
A compact opinion notes skepticism about candidates and public affairs. It contrasts hopeful speeches with fears of venality and incompetence, suggesting outcomes depend on the true quality of elected officials. The piece uses a Brooklyn saying to frame cautious anticipation.
A columnist promotes converting currency to heavy iron to curb tight money. Citing Plutarch on Lycurgus, the author argues heavy money would reduce demand, halt capital flight, and render taxes obsolete by making coinage impractical to transport or use.
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