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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Two pivotal events in Bennington area education occurred last week the Mt Anthony Union High School board opened bids for a new regional school and How ard F Kelley was chosen as the new superintendent for the Bennington South Supervisory Union. The $3.5 million bid opening signals construction to begin near Park and County Streets in 1967, as Kelley prepares to oversee consolidations and space planning across six districts.
Editor notes a dispute over Highway Department removal of two billboards from Francis Frazier's property after a court order. The piece questions advance notice by officials and notes the publicized case, while endorsing state enforcement of billboard laws.
The Wall Street Journal notes a shift away from trading stamps by stores in New England New York and New Jersey with one 190 store chain planning to drop stamps while promising lower prices. The piece compares discounts to bygone dish giveways and warns politicians against overestimating freebies.
Perspective outlines how President Johnson built a broad mandate and how he might deploy it to advance Great Society aims. It argues he invested capital in public support rather than spending it, planning cautious, long term reforms in taxes, federal budgeting, city governance, and federal aid programs while weighing export ideas abroad.
In Albany the Rockefeller camp sees rising odds for a third term after Lindsay's upset NYC mayoral win and GOP gains. Analysts note Lindsay backing could boost Rockefeller, while Liberal and Conservative dynamics complicate mapping next year's statewide race.
A Burlington reader recounts a New York trip for a Rural Task Force poverty conference and a Lucia di Lammermoor performance at the Metropolitan Opera House. An usher directs seating in the family circle as the author notes the Met’s impending move to Lincoln Center and reflects on political landscapes in Florida versus Bennington.
The writer recounts attending Lucia di Lammermoor at the opera and contrasts the shared beauty with the social divide of different entry doors for the rich and the poor. He reflects on poverty’s access to services, later shifts to political humor about Florida apportionment and Vermont representation, closing with a Bennington Republicans note.
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