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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays. Published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The House killed an $875,000 planning appropriation for the Dickey Lincoln hydroelectric project in northern Maine, driven by a power lobby and New England opposition. Proponents argue the project would lower costs and boost supply, while critics cite high regional rates and federal hydro options as needed.
The Bennington College expansion challenges the extinction theory of small colleges. President Bloustein announced an $11.2 million drive funding five hundred students and new facilities. The plan aims to boost enrollment to 650, broaden curricula, and expand faculty while preserving individual values and regional academic collaboration.
The writer argues that wars are fueled not by underdeveloped regions but by great powers using mutual security as a pretext. The piece contends that responsibility for world peace rests with the privileged and prosperous, not the hungry or uneducated.
Expo 67 drew over 50 million visitors, surpassing hopes and lifting spirits in a nation unsettled by separatism. US and Soviet pavilions showcased the rivalry, while France’s de Gaulle sparked unrest among French Canadians. Montreal debates a permanent exhibit as debt looms, Lester Pearson fronts the unity line, and HemisFair prepares in San Antonio.
A reflective trip recounts a New York visit to Somerset reads like a rural diary. The author recalls a mystery-drive to Howe Pond, a trip past the Hoosac Tunnel, and a bumper cabbage harvest with 48 heads, including a Halloween giant. Commentary links pumpkin lore to Halloween origins from Druids to Pomona.
A reader in Vermont lauds civil liberties amid antiwar protests and argues free speech sustains democracy. The letter cites Washington DC demonstrations, church debates, and local Democratic committee discussions on deescalating the Vietnam war, urging restraint and principled discourse.
In a humorous column Dick West riffs on an olive tree that bears no olives and extends the gag to vegetableless vegetables. He recalls a Flint Journal reader who joked about the idea and shares personal anecdotes of overabundant squash plants and a phantom squash grower haunting neighbors.
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