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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
Lt. Gov. Ralph Foote announces his GOP bid and presents ideas for Vermont reform. The piece focuses on his concern that southwestern Vermont is an island due to interstate construction and argues for quicker highway modernization to improve Bennington County access and connect to the mainland.
In Bennington recent events raise hopes for better education. A shared time agreement between Bennington Catholic High School and Bennington High School, a $237000 Ford Foundation grant, and a planned union school vote next month aim to expand and improve area schooling for a growing student population.
An editorial contrasts one room school versus large schools and notes Vermont lags in modern teaching methods. It discusses a $237000 grant and a shared time agreement in Bennington and argues voters should approve a union school district to modernize facilities for the 1960s youth.
Bennington plans to share Mt Anthony Union High School time with Bennington Catholic High School marking the first large scale effort in Vermont. About 200 parochial students will take classes at the new union high school while Brattleboro Union High School already accepts St Michael's students for select courses. St Michael's students within the union district will not pay tuition and may enroll where space is available.
An analysis notes the China Russia rift has sharpened and may trigger a diplomatic break. It argues neither nation seeks large scale war, limiting immediate conflict risk while non Communist powers gain leverage from the split. The piece also reframes U.S. posture toward this intra Communist division.
The writer argues the Soviet Union should ease pressure on Eastern Europe and that Red China may curb aggression. He contrasts American constraints with De Gaulle's stance, and recalls Chicago streets and Big Bill Thompson. He foresees China possibly relaxing frontier pressure and the Sino Soviet dynamic offering limited eastern options.
The article reviews a Vermont maple industry seminar where Raymond Foulds warns that Vermont maple syrup production has fallen about 50 percent in 30 years. He cites Canadian imports and high production costs as major factors, plus the loss of small farms with milk income needed to support syrup operations.
Esther Peterson, the president's consumer affairs aide, urged that poverty is costly due to poor credit terms and inferior goods. The speaker warned that deceptive ads tempt gullible shoppers, listing claims from tinted night glasses to miracle diet and beauty products.
A humorous note from Arkansas Baptist recalls a young mother who tried every tactic to get her child to eat. In a final bid she told him to pretend his meal was mud, delivering a comic ending.
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