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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The piece urges better coordination among state leaders in Vermont as L Douglas Meredith of National Life Insurance warns of a population surge and pushes statewide planning. It notes the Development Department already plans a statewide study, while educators and tax officials pursue equalization efforts with little cross-department collaboration.
The Agriculture Department introduces a cut based beef grading system to help consumers estimate cholesterol intake and encourage leaner, more flavorful meat. By rating cut ability non-fat meat content, producers may breed leaner tender beef, easing diet concerns for households and aiding an anxious meat industry.
The Solomon North Adams Transcript notes six New Hyde Park parents challenge a non coercive school board prayer at day start. The case probes religion and state separation under the First Amendment, weighing rights to belief against non endorsement in public education. The piece adds editorials from The Tampa Tribune and a closing aphorism.
Watch on the Potomac reports rising restiveness among Negro leaders over the Kennedy civil rights approach. Sen. Sam Ervin and Attorney General Robert Kennedy clash on literacy tests while executives push for more executive orders and less planning. Sterling Tucker of the Urban League voices concern that progress remains uneven despite Kennedy sincerity.
Letter to The Banner praises Bennington Catholic High School bowlers who defeated Twin City Lanes AJBC team in Montpelier and outlines plans for a Bennington AJBC this fall with sponsored teams, free shoe rental, coaching, travel for matches, a season ending banquet, and eligibility rules for 7th through 12th graders.
A neighbor teases Tommy by offering to buy his baby sister by the pound. Tommy refuses saying he will wait until she grows. A teacher corrects a boy named Jule to Julius, then muses on another boy who calls himself Bilious.
A Brattleboro Reformers letter argues the Vermont House remains unaffected by a Supreme Court ruling on representation yet warns of growing minority suppression. It contrasts U S Senate parity with state legislatures, notes urban majority in the Senate, and recalls Spencerian fears of majority despotism and the fallacies of greatest good.
The article outlines a shift from foreign policy to domestic economics as Kennedy and Republican rival Rockefeller court the U.S. business community. Rockefeller, speaking to Detroit industrialists, argues Republicans better understand business needs while Kennedy seeks to persuade firms he remains pro business.
A dated quotation compares democracy to an exportable commodity and a way of life. It discusses its potential to influence the spirit and mind, noting the long time needed for full flowering. The attributions appear confused between William O Douglas and Aldous Huxley.
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