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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
In Viet Nam, bitter fighting continues as the Soviet Union and the United States show signs of progress toward a nonproliferation treaty. Diplomats indicate obstacles may be removed and concessions possible, amid fears by Moscow of Chinese power and the aim to ease Cold War tensions. A treaty could foster trust, support a possible end to the Viet Nam conflict, limit space militarization, and curb broader nuclear escalation.
Editor questions Rich ard Snelling's tax stance as he pushes a 3 percent sales tax while opposing a broad tax claim. The Bennington commission plots a park on Town Farm land and reviews the planned bypass impact on park space. A letter on relocating US 7 raises public express input concerns amid a long debated highway program.
In Vermont the Republican party faces setbacks as Franklin Billings of Woodstock and Daulton Mann of Peru back Gov Hoff, while Perry Merrill urges ticket splitting favoring the Democrat for governor and Merrill for lieutenant governor. Bennington Rescue Squad plans a major coin card collection drive, deploying members door to door and placing deposit boxes in local banks to secure support. A Crockett Times quote defines a philosopher as a man giving advice about troubles he hasn't had.
Letters to the editor express opposition and support for a four lane limited access highway for southern Vermont. Contributors urge a public vote, criticize the State Highway Board, and argue for a binding referendum amid concerns about eminent domain, costs, and local impact. Additional notes praise police and share travel cost comparisons from Texas. Gene Tinker advocates referendum. Helen Beckerhoff backs Hoff administration.
A lyrical critique of a proposed Vermont thruway contrasts a rural landscape and its features with a vision of four new lanes dramatizing the loss of hills, farms, and deer. The piece ends with a signature by Mrs Ellen Viereck of Shaftsbury.
Attendees at the Vermont Association for the Crippled annual meeting note 250000 quadriplegic wheelchair users and 16.5 million over 65 needing easier access to buildings. The article urges ramps, level entrances, wide doors, accessible restrooms, and low drinking fountains, citing personal experiences and a plan to install an elevator in a new union high school.
Washington. Marquis Childs analyzes a new demonstration cities bill seen as too little or too late for urban decay. It would fund planning grants of 24 million per city and 900 million over two years, with political risk in a tight vote as 1968 approaches.
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