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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1963
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 the Republican Party to nominate Barry Goldwater for president to offer the American people a real choice against Kennedy in 1964. It criticizes Rockefeller and Nixon, favors Goldwater as a traditional conservative, and dismisses other hopefuls like Scranton and Romney as unlikely to impact the race. It concludes with a call to place Goldwater on every ballot and voting machine.
Luther B. Johnson of Randolph, longtime publisher of the White River Valley Herald, dies at 93. He was the last of Vermont’s famed Four Horsemen, joining Frank E. Howe, Frank L. Greene, and Elbert Hubbard, whose careers helped shape regional papers through the early 20th century.
The piece laments corruption in the expanding espionage world postwar. It notes the Gehlen ring in Germany, CIA involvement, and rising costs as agencies compete. It questions Cuba operations, ambassadorial control, and duplication within the U S spy establishment, urging restraint.
The piece forecasts strong big game prospects in Alaska with high populations of bears moose caribou and sheep and notes milder winters boosting breeding stock. It also discusses New York’s party deer permits and Maine bears in Baxter State Park and mentions deer totals in Vermont Montpelier plus a critique of evolving New England wood turning industries.
The article describes Wilmington losing a wood based industry as pine apple and oyster box production declines. Vermont Container Corp and others pivot to corrugated apple boxes while paper goods rise. pine is replaced by pallets and paper products. It notes rising per capita paper use and pulp sources, and contrasts old ox powered box making with modern forestry and manufacturing trends.
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