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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1965
Page
4
Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
House Speaker Billings and Rep Hathorn urged moderates to assert leadership in the GOP after a Woodstock Young Republicans meeting exposed a deep split. They warned that without clear moderate direction the party risks continued losses, urging unified, outspoken stance and timely reform.
Editor notes on the death of Shaftsbury Selectman William Myers during a town meeting mark his 19th term of public service. Bennington town officials plan landfill site preparation and cleanup ahead of closure. Reports highlight youth gymnastics events, a Labor Council education seminar, and praise for Nancy Otis’s Manchester Lincoln family connections coverage.
Frank Hercules argues that middle-class Negroes increasingly equate social status with wealth and education rather than whiteness alone. A white partner helps, but quality matters, with college graduation and refinement signaling acceptance. Poor whites draw moral censure, highlighting deep economic judgments shaping identity.
A syndicated analysis links rising mail order gun sales to the Counter-Insurgency Council and the Minutemen as U S. raids seize weapons including 100 submachine guns M 14 rifles and flame throwers in Missouri. It argues for a federal firearms act to regulate anonymous shipments and curb criminal access amid a national armed-violence debate. The piece criticizes the NRA and outlines the long stagnation of gun-control legislation while highlighting the need to distinguish legitimate users from criminals.
The 1965 Vermont General Assembly faces a tense fight over reapportionment. Speaker Franklin S. Billings names committee leaders to unite diverse views. Conservatives delay with tactics like the Cutts Resolution while Emory Hebard and Sanborn Partridge push a 210 member plan amid looming veto threats.
The piece describes conservative control of the Vermont House shaping reapportionment battles amid internal rifts. It notes clashes over a 210 member plan, the Hoff Blue Ribbon scheme in the Senate, and leadership decisions by Billings and party moderates. It forecasts possible court intervention if the legislature stalls.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a father tires of Johnny’s questions and retorts with a pun about a boy who became a question mark. Johnny then jokes about how the dot stayed under him. The scene ends with the International Teamster insignia in the text.
The Banner recounts Vermont railroad history from the Rutland Railroad rivalry to the Bellows Falls route. It notes steam trains, early battles over mail service, and the social shifts around rail travel, including Bible racks on coaches and Sunday rail curbs. The piece highlights Jim Shaughnessy’s The Rutland Road and local preservation efforts at Shelburne Museum.
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