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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
Bennington village trustees and selectmen hold power to curb junked car accumulations on land and aim to strengthen rules. They issued letters to two oil companies demanding removal of junked cars from filling stations, signalling tougher enforcement and public support for cleanup efforts.
Local and state officials face a growing junked car problem with 200000 abandoned vehicles along roads and yards and 20000 more added yearly. The Legislative Council committee on junked cars meets regularly to craft bills for the 1966 session, including federal loans, an inventory tax, enforcement by the state, and licensing of owners with fewer than four junked cars.
Retired Maj James E Scanlon dies after 45 years service. Elks Flag Day speech remembered. Reuben Levin sworn in again to state boxing commission by Judge James S Holden. Billings doubts Snelling as gubernatorial candidate against Hoff or Daley. Malloy warns Vermont tops nation in traffic deaths. expects 145 fatalities. Shaftsbury procedural quotes misattributed to Williams and Witten. Wry quip from Bedford Times-Press and Granite City Forum.
In the war between India and Pakistan the US arms export program spreads, with Henry J. Cass Jr. cited for expanding international sales. Dulles era aims, SEATO and CENTO backing Pakistan, fuel regional fear, while Nehru seeks arms from Britain and Russia.
Cambridge New York area column notes county fairs remain popular and profitable with histories of local fairs such as Cambridge Rhinebeck Chatham and Schaghticoke thriving. It recalls fairs from Lauderdale Cambridge and Altamont with ox and horse pulls, grandstands, and racing, while warning against dishonest midway operators and praising Reid LeFevre King Reid shows for honest practices.
Lawrence Harrington, Bennington, argues Amos Fortune embodies American freedom and rejects modern civil rights movements. He extols Fortune’s independence, cites battles for liberty, and condemns welfare culture, protests, and perceived communist influence as eroding the nation. He laments a shifting American spirit and urges preserving constitutional values.
In Munich, economists forecast next January will launch a shift toward consumer free choice and free prices across Eastern Europe. The shift could trigger inflation and test state control as factories respond to market signals, with central planning fading and capital access and raw materials pricing becoming pivotal. The piece notes Poland’s late 1950s radio factory push and rising personal savings, suggesting a volatile transition with unknown outcomes.
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