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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The proposed anti-infiltration barrier along South Vietnam's northern border may not stop all enemy flow but could impede Ho Chi Minh Trail supply lines and reduce U S casualties, offering an alternative to bombing and a potential path toward peace talks. The plan faces political risk and technical flaws, with critics proposing broader coverage including Laos, while defense officials limit the barrier to the Laos border eastward.
The first annual show drew many volunteers and patrons to Bennington as judges officials and amateur riders including Gov Hoff and Chief Justice Holden, with John Hamlin praised for turning the event into an autumn staple. The piece highlights community support, faculty additions at Bennington College, and the new Bennington Religious Education Foundation offering courses on religion and history.
A teaching professional argues that students must not be pawns in teacher strikes, urges teachers to value professional status and pay, supports mediation over walkouts, and calls for parent involvement without meddling. It warns against tribalism and stresses the school’s role in finding and nurturing talent in inner cities.
The passage argues that true teaching relies on creative effort within the total school system. It emphasizes the dynamic relation between teacher and administrator and suggests effectiveness depends on collaborative alignment rather than isolated effort.
A Northern Bennington column muses on NASA Biosatellite 2 launched from Cape Kennedy carrying flora and fauna to study life in space. It highlights blue wildflowers as a hopeful symbol while imagining future moon food and habitats, contrasting sci ence with ordinary Earthly comforts.
A columnist argues the flower power movement idolizes Henry Ford’s peace mission on the Oscar II and its failures. He contrasts Thoreau with Ford, notes Hershey’s WWI pedigree, and recalls Ford’s dream of halting World War I via a sea caravan of pacifists. The piece critiques pacifist zeal and warns against mythologizing Ford’s goodwill.
A letter defends Robert Gilroy and debunks Johannes von Trapp as a Green Mountain Motel Association member while urging directional highway signs to aid travelers and local motels. It praises John Hamlin for organizing the Putnam Hospital Horse Show, lauding his leadership, community impact, and success in fundraising for the hospital and Bennington area.
A wry note on how the phrase history is bunk may signal a shift as the idea of history itself seems ready to deliver a sharp blow, suggesting readers rethink the fate of ideas like flower power in 1915.
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