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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1966
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.
The article reviews the U S peace initiative by Ambassador Arthur Goldberg and a three step de escalation plan tied to U Thant proposals. It notes Soviet denigration and Hanoi rejection while urging calm rhetoric and renewed U S leadership to foster negotiations amid ongoing fighting and rising casualties.
Auto makers announce price hikes for 1967 models tied to new safety requirements. Industry argues many costs are due to safety features, yet buyers face higher prices for what are framed as essential but costly additions. The piece criticizes treating safety as an afterthought and warns it harms public perception of safety engineering.
Editor notes praise BCHS and Rutland performances before a large home crowd at North Bennington Road. Strong play delighted fans, yet two issues marred the day: no sideline ropes causing crowd spillover onto the field and a lack of trash barrels leading to debris on the field, blown by wind.
Tokyo shows steady growth amid foreign orders and reform. Fuji Bank expands from its Zaibatsu past, drawing Mitsui money while modernizing with 25 percent deposit growth and a new Tokyo skyscraper. Fukuyama steel yard near Hiroshima boosts capacity to eight million tons, built on land reclaimed from the sea for lower cost. The bullet express between Tokyo and Osaka speeds trade and info while earthquake safeguards keep passengers safe.
A grandmother recalls childhood ice deliveries and milk wagons as she discusses future generations facing a world with no states. The dialogue imagines 2016 questions about why states were abolished, the Viet Nam war, and how governors should have acted to preserve federal funding. The piece frames a speculative conversation about political change and memory.
The author ponders American identity through Westerns, noting their global reach and cultural pull. He observes European interest, dubbing quirks, and pervasive cowboy imagery in ads, toys, and media, while vowing to avoid a TV set on his future ranch.
A compact look at New York state politics through the Roosevelt era to Rockefeller heydays. The piece traces party splits, key figures like FDR Jr, Lindsay, Samuels, Javits, Kennedy, and Carlino, and shifts in gubernatorial campaigns and alliances. It notes campaign spending, cross-party moves, and the entangled web of state governance.
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