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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily Vermont newspaper published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington excluding Sundays and holidays.
The $1.3 billion school aid measure signed into law aims to help the poorest districts raise standards, with about 40 percent of funds directed to 11 southern states. Massachusetts and Connecticut are comparatively wealthy, while Vermont and Mississippi illustrate disparate impacts. The plan includes federal grants covering half the state education costs for low income students and allows indirect support to private church schools, potentially stirring constitutional challenges.
Four Los Angeles indictments allege conspiracy to libel Senator Thomas Kuchel amid a long running right wing drag on California politics. The affidavit backing the charges is said to be false, exposing a deep split in the California Republican Party and highlighting the enduring influence of extreme elements of the right.
Editor notes praise a fund raising banquet with Gov Hoff in a celebratory Banner image. A near Cres cent Boulevard grass fire prompts local firefighters to warn about spring fire risk. Arlington Selectman and Mrs. Orange Baker celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with family remarks on cooking. Vermont lawmakers debate a right to know bill while secrecy and executive session rules draw irony.
Ralph McGill Atlanta editor notes Selma today echoes 1901 aristocrat Henry Fontaine Reese who framed poll tax as education. Reese argued disfranchisement of Black voters while preserving white control. In 1965, his sentiments persist in the Black Belt albeit restrained, with violence tied to the belief test.
Barney Boorn, a Vermonter farmer near Manchester, is linked to the vanishing Russell Colvin after quarrels and family tensions. A dog leads to bones in a hollow stump, scholars confirm human remains, and Jesse Boorn accuses brother Stephen of murder. The case sparks a court inquiry with confessions and a suspected fatal blow.
Reader letters argue against 600 square foot interstate bill signs and billboard control, urging stronger local ordinances and state fixes. The controversy includes Callahan signs, Pownal ordinances, and a push for heavy fines to curb billboard blight. The page also cites a murder trial and a military drill anecdote from an Army camp.
A column questions U Thant's credentials as a potential peacemaker in Vietnam era talks. It contrasts Burma's socialist experiment under Ne Win with Thailand's resolve, warns that U.S. withdrawal could push Burma toward Beijing, and argues U Thant may lack the independence needed to mediate amid Southeast Asia's bloc tensions.
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