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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
In California’s 11th District GOP challenger Paul McCloskey Jr. routed Shirley Temple Black, underscoring antiwar sentiment and urging the GOP to appeal to suburban voters. The San Francisco peace referendum also challenged White House claims of broad support for current Vietnam policy. McCloskey pressed de escalation and talks toward a Vietnamese union under self choosing government.
Dr. Roberty S. W. Babcocky argues before the Legislative Council that a single University of Vermont merger would harm state colleges. He urges more cooperation and a Higher Education Planning Council to map a master plan, allocate funds, and avoid encroachment while preserving liberal arts colleges.
New York’s Bundy study, praised by Mayor Lind, argues for breaking the city into 30 to 60 community school systems. Each would be led by an 11 member board with six parent members and five mayor appointees, aiming to restore trust between parents and schools and boost neighborhood power. The piece suggests liberal and conservative shifts toward more parent democracy or centralized control, with the urban Negro community feeling powerless at present.
A Bennington reader questions scapegoating industry taxes and calls for cooperation to boost local economy. Another letter lauds Bennington Friends of Retarded Children Inc for public school integration and celebrates quick progress with BFRC and South Supervisory Union. The page also reprints Floyd McKissick on urban education reform, parental power, and the risks of racial bias in proposed systems.
In LANDGROVE Wayne County near Honesdale the author recalls family roots through early settlers from Elizabethtown New Jersey and Tamar Robinson. He describes the Dyberry and Lackawaxen valleys, the Delaware and Hudson canal terminus, the Stourbridge Lion locomotive, and the Kimball House tavern earlier run by Elijah Bunnell during fair days.
A humorous collage notes safety recalls extending to cars, weddings, films, books, medical operations, and camping quirks. It cites Washington recalls on vehicle defects, a Nevadan minister recalling 227 weddings, Titillation Motion Picture Corp. pulling 13 films for plot and acting flaws, Ringading Publications asking readers to return a second edition, a Chicago surgeon recounting missing instruments, and a Memphis anecdote about a camper overhearing a mother mockingly checking her watch a new wrinkle on consumer fault reporting.
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