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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
Editorial argues Gov Hoff's study commission may bring needed rethinking of Vermont taxes and public spending. It critiques the rooms and meals tax, cites a Rutland editorial calling tax concerns exaggerated, and notes the commission's findings could shape next winter's legislators.
California trims its school districts as population grows. Dr. Stanley Williams cites a 25 year drop from 3 047 districts in 1935 36 to 1 630 in 1962 63 and notes ongoing consolidation trends. He spoke in Burlington during the Vermont summer session.
The New Republic notes governors at Miami conference with Romney as a striking figure while decrying federal expansion and praising local solutions. It contrasts California growth with Vermont lessons and mentions segregation views, Hoover praise, and Virginia’s SARB chairmanship, plus Prince Edward County ending public schools.
NATO diplomats toured defense hubs in Ottawa and were briefed by Gen. Thomas Power on SAC power. The piece tracks calls to cut defense and AEC budgets, shift funds to social programs, and press for Congressional reform led by Sen. McGovern and Sen. Case, amid fears over overkill and the pace of legislation.
In southwestern Vermont an elderly narrator recalls a long-cherished picnic among glacial boulders and mossy rocks. He recounts Granville Gulf and Williams town Gulf experiences, praising preserves, views, and the value of offbeat paths over billboards and throughways.
On June 14 1946 Bernard Baruch U S delegate to the UN Atomic Energy Commission laid out the American case for an international atomic development program. He spoke as the world entered the atomic age after Hiroshima and warned of choosing between quick and the dead while hoping for salvation through faith.
The letter surveys democracy and civil rights from colonial protests to the Washington march and Lincoln’s legacy. It contrasts Abe Lincoln and JFK, discusses the Aug 27 28 bus trip, and analyzes the 1963 Moscow test ban talks plus Khrushchev’s distrust and global reactions.
A girl visiting her grandmother jokes she knows all about cooking and explains the dial settings as low medium high and burn. The gag sits beside a note about Sen Barry Goldwater wearing a floral tuxedo explaining that owning a store means wearing items that don’t sell.
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