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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The final Vatican Council session adopts a measured path under Pope Paul VI while endorsing major changes. It signals progress through religious liberty, vernacular liturgy, lay participation, ecumenism, responsible parenthood, and planned reforms of the Curia, viewed by many as a reformist revolution.
The piece surveys Bennington political races with Republican Jim Wallace courting Dems at headquarters and notes on post office tax issues and a pedestrian mall idea for Bennington. It also mentions a potential 1966 driver education bill and cites a New Haven Register quip about family reading habits.
Washington report says 1966 prospects for Democrats are grim without LBJ. Viet Nam war, poverty program woes and city machine tensions threaten big admin majorities. States highlighted include New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, with Illinois possible due to Chicago mayor Daley. California stands as the richest and most populous of the five high-stakes GOP-election battlegrounds.
A letter to The Banner from the wife and family of Nor mand Gauvin the truck driver severely injured on Vermont 9 in Woodford thanks those who aided him. They name Richard Slade Mr and Mrs Brett of Cassanova Dr Rod erick Humphreys and the Bennington Rescue Squad praising their prompt care and support.
The Kennedys dominate long term party power with two Senate seats. Ted Kennedy in Puerto Rico urged a pro Johnson line on Vietnam while Bobby critiqued U.S. policy in Latin America. Ted's centrist stance contrasted with Bobby's antiwar youth appeal creating future leadership questions. Reagan edges Pat Brown in California as Democratic divisions widen. New York politics show Lindsay victory seen as personal, not party driven amid Rockefeller and Pennsylvania tensions.
In a reflective column a veteran ponders the Greek civil war, U.S. and British actions there, and the Vietnam era. He argues history shows Russia expansionism, cautions against judging doves, and supports America acting as an international cop until the UN can handle aggressions. He ends noting Mauldin cartoons appear in The Banner.
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