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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont. It serves as the local newspaper for Bennington and surrounding areas with regional news, notices, and advertisements.
An editorial urges careful study of a proposed 3.5 million intermediate security prison for Windsor area youth. It argues rehabilitation lowers long term costs and crime, notes Vermont’s aging prison, and links new facility costs to broader hopes for reform and a special session next year.
The piece argues Sen. Barry Goldwater’s derision of the U S disarmament agency idea undermines a potentially useful scheme. It proposes mutual retirement of obsolete bombers like the B47 and TU16, with neutral observers, to curb arms races and reduce Soviet dumping in key regions, urging patient evaluation over premature criticism.
The piece reports European diplomats fearing a Franco German axis as France vetoes Britain in the European Common Market. It notes American diplomacy via Von Hassel and Brentano seeking NATO cohesion and a multilateral nuclear force to counter De Gaulle. President Kennedy plans mid June visits to Italy and Germany to press action.
The Bennington Rod and Gun Club explores stocking pheasants to restore hunting in Bennington County. Funds are sought to buy chicks or flight birds, with plans to release them for a sustainable open season. Vermont Fish and Game notes harsh winter effects on ponds and fish, potential natural reclamation, and trout stocking to begin April 15 for season opening April 27.
The author recalls old fashioned folk remedies from rural life including camphor bags laced to necks, mud poultices, hot packs, and home made soaps. Remedies ranged from bark and alcohol to pepper oil and cow manure, with curious anecdotes of family cures and self treatment.
In Chapel Hill weekly column a reader notes fashion trends echo Cleopatra era while joking that women likely deny aging past 39. The piece reflects lighthearted commentary on beauty standards and popular film influenced hairdos.
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