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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 65201, serving local readers with daily news and notices.
Leonard J. Black, known as Blackie, retires as Bennington area YMCA general secretary ending a 25 year run shaping youth activities. He led efforts to expand playgrounds and the Y pool and championed a new community recreation center now in planning with fund raising underway. Blackie is expected to remain active on the project and attend the dedication when built.
Editor comments on Bennington teens, seniors seeking federal funds for a recreation center, and local politics. Mentions Republican officers and prospects, National Guard riot training, recent gun store robberies, and fears of weapons reaching extremists. Highlights 1916 Simplex car display and antique car meet at Soldier's Home.
Brattleboro Reformer notes Gen Harold K Johnson Army Chief of Staff returned from Vietnam and urged the press to accentuate the positive in coverage. The piece argues free press duty is objective truth telling, regardless of outcomes, and warns selective reporting shapes newsworthiness.
The administration edges toward approving an ABM system with a possible initial phase on radar and missile targets in the early 1970s. Costs cited span from 10 to 30 billion dollars, provoking a clash between McNamara and the Joint Chiefs over strategic value and budget impact amid Vietnam War pressures.
Lyndonville notes recount the 1864 Cedar Creek battle linked to Gen Sheridan riding the Morgan gelding Rienzi. The text traces Justin Morgan’s horse lineage, its spread across Vermont farms, and the Morgan Horse Club’s role in reviving the breed, detailing Ethan Allen 3rd, Sir Ethan Allen, Bob Morgan and Vermont studs and notable breeders including E H Hoffman of Lyndonville and Col. Robert Knight.
In a humorous column, the writer mocks a supposed UN plan to govern the ocean floor, noting Reps. Rogers and Hanna voice opposition. The piece riffs on oceanography, Mohole history, and U.S. diplomacy while joking about ambassadors and global governance. It then shifts to a separate note about a controversial Little Brother doll and comments by Creative Playthings and Peace Corps director Jack Hood Vaughn.
Dick West argues that population shifts from farms to suburbs drive urban unrest and that central cities may be beyond salvage. He critiques zoning, migration patterns, and federal programs, urging fresh policies to move Negro residents out of central cities and toward suburban development.
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