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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner published by BANNER PUBLISHING CORPORATION at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont announces its daily schedule excluding Sundays and holidays and provides the date August 15 1964 as part of its publication cycle.
Editorial notes rising enrollments across all three village schools mirror a national trend, with kindergarten classes showing the largest increases. The piece warns taxpayers about overcrowded classrooms, shrinking space for quality education, and potential decline in educational standards as districts face demand beyond capacity.
The piece notes overcrowded Bennington schools as enrollments climb, tying the issue to union schools and delayed action. It then shifts to Senator Barry Goldwater's remarks in Washington and his evolving positions on extremism and party unity.
Governor Scranton remains urbane as he weighs a shift from national to state ticket strategy. He supports harmony with Goldwater while criticizing his stance, keeps silent on civil rights issues, and plans a Pennsylvanian campaign focus, aiming to influence the GOP path into November and beyond.
Rep. Roland Libonati of Illinois argues for five cent stamps and eight cent air stamps sold via nonprofit vending machines at every corner mailbox and indoor mail receivers. He notes England allows stamps at face value 24 hours a day and cites the Post Office’s 1962 effort and 1963 sales of 14.7 billion stamps noting potential 42 percent of first class and air mail could be handled by machines.
columnist Dick West satirizes Sen William Proxmire's effort to declare the last week of August National Drum and Bugle Corps Week. He jests about bagpipes and bugle music, notes 100000 youth enrolled, and warns of potential endorsement effect on public order.
Edgar Carlson of Bennington contests The Banner front page sub title and UPI caption on Goldwater Johnson coverage. He argues the phrase supreme political lie referred to war implications, not Johnson policy, urging accurate phrasing and noting Johnson's moderation line.
A column urges catch and release as a sport, notes anglers report good trout results near Ox Bow Sunderland, and invites participation in a Vermont Fish and Game Board hearing on designating Battenkill River as fishing for fun only. Officials report plans to stock about 100000 trout this year across Bennington Windham Rutland Windsor counties with September stocking to finish the program. Red Mill Pond Woodford to receive about a thousand trout in September with caution on low water conditions affecting stocking and survival.
U S Representative Robert T Stafford outlines likely adjournment by Aug 23 and a planned farewell White House salute. He notes House actions in July including Social Security increases, education gains, land and water conservation measures, a five year nurses training program, anti junk mail rules, and a 214 percent COLA for military personnel. He invites inquiries plus Kennedy inaugural document requests.
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