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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont, serving local news and community information.
Boston scholar Dr Walter Muir Whitehill warned against promoting tourism noting its costs from litter to highway strain. Vermont and Massachusetts economies benefit from visitors but must balance growth with amenities and environmental preservation as Expo 67 traffic and four season promotion loom.
After gains in Congress, Defense Secretary McNamara announced evidence of a Soviet anti-ballistic system and proposed arming Polaris submarines with a larger Poseidon missile costing about 2.6 billion dollars. He suggested abandoning an anti missile system and shifting to a stronger offensive stance to breach defenses.
The Banner discusses teachers salaries and fringe benefits with a focus on Bennington New York New Jersey and Vermont. It notes starting salaries from 5000 to 6300 and suggests options like free licenses tuition for teachers children a statewide contract and a teacher GI Bill. It compares state policies, highlights the Vermont Farm Bureau stance on inflation and taxes, and argues for market-driven pay growth.
The Farm Bureau endorses a sales tax to fund towns and reduce property taxes, tying it to a school redistricting stance that favors small districts to keep education costs low. They oppose state inducements to expand districts and consider draft exemptions for farm workers to boost rural labor. The piece ends with anticipation for next year’s annual meeting.
Readers in Bennington weigh patriotism beyond parades citing Peace Corps and VISTA service. Town officials push to convert outside town planning commission into a zoning body as master plan calls for tighter land use controls. Federal highway funding cuts threaten U S 7 progress, while Mt Anthony High School prepares a 10 day Mayfest dedication of a new auditorium built with private support.
United Press International reports New York Republicans worry Nixon absent from Rockefeller conven tions may hinder unifying the 1968 GOP delegation for Governor Romney. Conservatives gain traction in NYC area. liberals back Johnson, complicating Rockefeller Javits plans. Speculation abounds on Lindsay Reagan pairing and other shifts.
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