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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece surveys Interstate and Vermont road expansion, noting how national highway building has displaced neighborhoods, disrupted schools and parks, and sparked protests in cities and towns including Bennington. It contrasts Vermont’s landscape conscious planning with more destructive routes elsewhere, urging continued consideration of aesthetics, landscaping, and community impact.
A satirical look at imagined battles in Bennington involving characters such as Col. Bill board Bulroy Col. Keep Vermont Fayre Col. Favre Col. Ramon Inahurry and Col. Norme Two Hammer. The piece lampoons local politics and culture with theatrical combat names and a jab at a future legislative funding fight.
Editor notes mark the start of a long awaited project in Bennington replacing a vacant lot and fence with a new downtown building set to rise by spring. The piece argues for public policy on business tax breaks and cites regional transit improvements while noting Shirley Temple Black’s primary loss and California politics.
A Bennington resident writes to The Banner supporting part of the BTPA tax reform plan while urging careful scrutiny. He argues for qualified assessors, questions expanding listers, and a CPA audit, but notes the need to consider industry impact and long term community health before changes. He urges all taxpayers to pay their fair share.
A trusted associate portrays President Johnson as arriving at a philosophic acceptance of harsh realities. He is less volatile, more willing to listen, and maintains resolve on Vietnam while easing temperament and edging toward unity behind a limited war.
The town's Selectmen and advisory committee plus federal rep Daniel Holland outlined a North Street site for a Senior Drop-in Center. Donations of paint, furniture, and equipment from local firms funded by volunteers aim to open a comfortable reading and activity space for citizens aged 55 plus, with Leonard Black named director and a federal three year grant plus local funds backing the project.
A panel discussion in southern Vermont explored planting a border hedge of lilacs along border regions to attract tourists. The plan inflamed dissent from 12 gray old men who challenged state ownership, costs, and the idea of lilacs replacing private yards, while supporters imagined a six pointed lilac plaza and tourism boom.
Two men hunting on a Sunday morning feel remorse for missing church. One argues they should have attended services, while the other says his wife is sick in bed, explaining their absence in a light Family Weekly style.
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