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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1964
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. The notice lists the standard publication details and address for the newspaper.
Editorial argues the college boom will intensify as 2.3 million high school graduates in June and 2.5 million in 1965 enter a crowded system. With half heading to college, demand will surge by 1970, challenging even elite prep schools like Phillips Academy Andover. Bennington parents are urged to plan with counselors.
Massachusetts lawmakers kill a bill to legalize beano after Gov. Peabody persuades the House to block it. The governor's stance draws praise from child welfare groups while angering churches and veterans groups and upsetting professional gamblers who feared a cut. The fight is likely to resume next year.
In Dallas the city struggles with lingering trauma from the Kennedy assassination, the Oswald case, and the Ruby trial. Critics say surface recovery hides deeper urban faults, while others blame national reporters and hate groups for the city’s turmoil. Leadership changes and housing debates mark the era as residents question responsibility and fear speaking out.
The author argues that military solutions fail in Cyprus Vietnam Cuba Kashmir Congo Israel Korea Berlin and elsewhere. National sovereignty should guide policy, and federation, not force, strengthens sovereignty as a path to true solutions.
Vermont Aeronautics Commissioner Edward Knapp studies buying a larger four seat two engine executive plane to replace the current three seat single engine aircraft. Several officials including James Welch favor the move citing faster travel for business outreach and industrial development efforts. Gov Hoff also uses the state plane for trips, while Knapp weighs use against travel costs and other factors.
Visiting Editor recalls Dr Edwin A Alderman 1906 Berkeley address on the South’s fate. He urged industrial spirit without commercial soul, predicting nationalized politics and liberal thought as education and industry mature. The piece argues the Jeffersonian ideal survives in the modern South.
Readers critique editorials on the USSR and religion in Russia calling for stronger free press ideals. Karlis Luse discusses religious oppression and propaganda while Kenyon Ray Simpson argues Vermont education is substandard and demands new schools and more state aid now.
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