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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
Governor Hoff promotes a non profit plan to buy Canadian Hydro Quebec electricity for New England. He says regional power is costly and development depends on cheap energy, arguing private and public interests can share benefits while avoiding a public power authority. Some support from CVPS head Cree contrasts with private utilities opposing the move.
The opinion piece links Kashmir plebiscite calls to threaten Indian unity, arguing Nehru's stance in 1947 and Shastri's era face renewed danger as separatist movements gain momentum. It contrasts India's secular, multi faith makeup with Pakistan and China, warning of central authority breakdown if a plebiscite proceeds.
Downtown Bennington remains quiet as the Great er Bennington Association and many businesses close until noon in honor of four educators who died in a Monday plane crash. The piece also discusses rising school enrollment, Mt Anthony Union High’s opening, and local clubs and opinions on political trends and left wing thinkers reflected by DAR president general Mrs Sullivan.
The New York Herald Tribune notes two California laws aimed at crime victims. The first creates public funds to assist innocent victims of violence, though the annual total is modest at 100000 dollars and need remains a key factor. The second law offers indemnities to private citizens injured while pursuing criminals or preventing crimes.
The Marlboro group of 39 soloists and chamber musicians touring under state department auspices earns enthusiastic reception from Delphi to Caesarea. In Athens they received a standing ovation before 4000 plus Princess Irene of Greece, later performing in Patras and Delphi. The trip included Delphi’s mountaintop scenery and ancient sites. They then toured Lucerne Menton and Israel, giving multiple chamber and full ensemble concerts. In Caesarea they played in a Roman amphitheater by the Mediterranean at sunset, an unforgettable experience.
In Milan Marlboro composer and Harvard professor Leon Kirchner will join the Marlboro players. He will perform his Piano Trio with Samuel Ashkenasi and Leslie Parnas and conduct Beethoven Choral Fantasy in Paris. The tour closes in Geneva after Paris concerts. Upon return, several group members launch Music from Marlboro concerts in New York Boston Philadelphia Montreal and other eastern cities.
A writer in the Somerset Spectator riffs on a rough opening to the TV season. He notes heavy violence in many shows from Wild Wild West to Voyage to the Bottom of the Bath Tub and a late-night mix of humor and fear. He jokes about magic eye programs, familiar faces like Cronkite and Huntley Brinkle y, and lingering Addams Family humor to end the week.
Readers express gratitude to search teams and volunteers for locating a missing plane carrying local educators. The letters acknowledge Civil Air Patrol volunteers, state police, clergy, pilots, observers, and coordinators Joel and Carolyn Whittemore Sam Dalton and John Meerworth for organizing the operation and aiding in the sorrowful task.
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