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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Ike’s claim that the United States should use as much force as needed to win risks undermining trust for peace talks. The article notes that Goldberg’s deescalation and openness to negotiations faced suspicion, with former officials and allies voicing doubts about U.S. sincerity and possible escalation. It warns that rejecting GoldbergJohnson proposals or pursuing total force could lead to a harsher conflict and risk with China or the Soviet Union.
The federal government has granted final approval to funds for expanding Bennington Village water system, easing prior uncertainty about costs. The final obstacle is voter approval. Controversy also swirls over billboard sign enforcement and Windsor State Prison solitary confinement conditions, prompting calls for reform and improved facilities.
A Wall Street Journal piece notes hand lettered placards on sticks as political art during Vice President Humphrey's Western swing. Sign themes range from antiwar to worshipful and even provocative insults like Ho Chi Minh Is a Dirty Old Man seen at a Eugene Oregon airport crowd.
A reader argues against a four lane limited access bypass on U S 7 in southwestern Vermont. He cites impacts on towns, nature, farmers, businesses, and taxes, and proposes widening the current road with crawler lanes and a public poll to influence state officials.
Letters to the editor oppose a sales tax and road tolls aimed at funding state needs. Writers argue tourism and ski traffic would suffer, the burden would fall on ordinary Vermonters, and levy funds should come from taxes on fuel, tobacco, and liquor. The debate touches Expo 67 travel and highway plans in southwestern Vermont.
In an interview Chiang Ching-kuo argues Taiwan would gain little from sending divisions to aid a US invasion of the Chinese mainland. He says US support would be more valuable as logistics and arms to pressure Mao, while Mainland China faces purges and Red Guard turmoil.
NORTH BENNINGTON, A MEDICAL DICTIONARY defines trauma as a wound or injury in general. In psychiatry it is a disturbing experience affecting mind or nerves to induce hysteria. Dodger fans, a nation of reddest of hearts, know trauma well and remember the 15 year old day when Thomson’s home run shattered their world.
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