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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner, issued daily except Sundays and holidays, is produced by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
A viewpoint defends the right to dissent during war, praising peaceful demonstrations by Bennington area veterans and students. It cautions against labeling protesters disloyal, notes broad national disappointment with Vietnam policy, and urges listening to minority views rather than enforcing official consensus.
Editor notes mark primary election dawn as Bennington gains political weight with a call for turnout. Mentions new polling places and subdistricts, Waldo Holden taking roles in prison study, new Elm Street post office, and the Windsor Prison investigation amid local changes and sports moment.
The scorecard of the 89th Congress credits Lyndon Johnson with a dominant program across arts, medicine, and highway beautification while highlighting Labor, civil rights, and Medicare outcomes. Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen shaped the machinery, with Johnson’s approach central to policy and foreign policy focus, notably Vietnam buildup, easing the path to majorities.
Washington notes from President Johnson on preserving small towns as a source of American character. He links rural water and sewer aid to curbing urban migration, while Buckley reflects on town growth, indoor plumbing, and the paradox of modernization challenging small town identity.
CAMBRIDGE N Y IT IS INCREASINGLY hard to get far away from home The population of the world grows faster than any other crop and we have never been able to travel far enough to escape the home environment or its recollections A columnist recalls local birthplaces a famed Cambridge mansion and a Bennington man who restored it He argues against aging as a societal measure urging focus on present life and imagination over counting years and deadlines
Lyndon Johnson backed a repeal of 14(b) as president aligning with a Democratic platform, yet organized labor split on compulsory unionism. The defeat in the Senate came partly from hidden labor support for the filibuster, and the Right-to-Work Committee, with many union rank-and-file and small contributors, helped shape the outcome.
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