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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
A letter in the New York Times argues that Viet Cong casualties are reported as if hunting kills. It condemns dehumanizing language, notes the disparity in reporting compared with civilian harm, and suggests publicly releasing weekly casualty totals for both sides to clarify humanity in war.
Readers learn of Gadabout Gaddis The Flying Fisherman on WRGB TV and Saturday air times. The Remington newsletter shares animal habits including black bears, fisher, weasel, and antelope fawns. Hand loaders are advised to test loads for 3006 and 165 grain bullets for accuracy and to buy a reference book. A bow hunter from Wilmington earns a state record, while duck and pheasant hunting reports surface along Lake Champlain and local woods. A recommended book Hunting the White Tail Deer by Russell Tinsley is listed with price and publisher details.
Editor notes compare the First National Bank of North Bennington branch in Manchester to a medieval cathedral as artisans from miles around labor on the mural by Tzaims Luksus. David Gil, Simon Watts, Ellwood Allen and others contribute to décor, desks, landscaping, and color, while Yale officials ban three Connecticut College girls from leading cheers, signaling debates on equal opportunity.
The piece blends a literary reflection on maples with news of Bennington County anti poverty efforts and local education needs. It notes the Bennington County Economic Opportunity Council advancing funds for a community nursing program in Dorset, dental services in schools, and remedial reading for poverty families, plus John P. Riddle becoming county coordinator. Arlington schools face enrollment pressure. Fisher Elementary may add classrooms. The column ends with a meditation on autumn maple color and its missing dimension without maples.
Marquis Childs surveys a tired Washington and fractured Europe as President Johnson nears recovery. He notes clashes over nuclear policy with Germany and France, Erhard's fragile government, and De Gaulle's opposition, calling for careful policy timing and potential pauses. Asia mirrors the strain with India Pakistan talks looming as Congress nears.
Washington notes for The Lighter Side describe the U S Patent Office marking its 175th anniversary. It highlights 3,200,000 inventors seeking protection and Lincoln’s failed patent for buoying vessels. The piece praises patent protection as a driver of discovery and notes a weekly tally in the Official Gazette showing 1,327 new patent holders in the week.
A Berkshire Eagle column recounts Betty Aberlin, once a skinny 17 year old Bennington College freshman, earning notice in the Upstairs at the Downstairs revue. The piece highlights her two solo numbers, early show business start at 11, Bennington and Williams College roots, and her future as a rising actress with flair. It also notes quirky inventor briefs and the columnist’s claim of not exploiting foretold fate.
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