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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner shows daily publication excluding Sundays and holidays, issued by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont. The note outlines publishing schedule and corporate address for the newspaper.
Editorials from two prominent educators defend small colleges against the multiversity trend. They argue undergraduates gain a complete education through personal teacher student contact, warning against dehumanization in large universities and noting regional schools risk consolidation as enrollments rise. The piece urges decentralization and preservation of small schools to sustain intellectual rigor and individual attention.
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee reveal posits U S actions in the Dominican crisis aimed at supporting the military junta while presenting a non intervention stance. The piece critiques White House messaging on Vietnam inflation and emphasizes concerns over credibility and information policy under President Johnson.
Editor notes show humor about state college naming and a quip on Vermont’s four institutions. Local police, trooper recruitment, deer hunting counts, and honorary fire chief Fred Jordan profiled amid snowbound conditions and rural Fire Department service.
Burlington Free Press argues the Vermont Constitution is not the supreme law, citing the U.S. Constitution as supreme. The piece criticizes anti-reapportionists for accepting federal supremacy elsewhere but resisting court-ordered reapportionment, doubting they will acknowledge the flaw.
In New York and California debates over foreign labor and recruitment of displaced workers are described. Gene Logsdon and others recount how Wirtz policies affected apple harvests, noting shortages of regular migrants and reliance on West Indies labor, with farmers bearing risk and anxiety over unemployment.
A Dallas Pe ter Paul candy plant worker, Fannie May Ray, refused a $5 bill to compensate glue-spill damages amid a union organizing drive. NLRB examiner Powell ruled the firing for insubordination, not union activity, in a case notable for the employee’s refusal to accept money. The article notes the fate of the $5 bill remains unresolved.
A reader recalls a 1954 letter warning of power outages and broader emergency risks. The piece cites Cape Cod insulator damage, hospital disruptions, fuel and heating issues, and potential extended outages from enemy attack. It questions preparedness, the resilience of utilities and transport, and urges localizing, portable generation and strengthened civil defense for essential services.
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