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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont. The notice confirms standard operating schedule and corporate address for the regional newspaper.
The piece argues that Los Angeles race violence stems from long standing racial injustice and ghetto poverty. It critiques reflexive shock from authorities, notes high unemployment and illiteracy in Watts, and urges speeding civil rights gains into genuine social and economic improvements rather than retreat.
Editor notes Republican Senator Prouty voices reservations about extending the War on Poverty and will gain sympathy from Governor Hoff who also argues state governments should coordinate anti poverty efforts. Also noted are the death of early American homes expert Herbert Congdon and Bridport chosen for a new atomic power plant near Lake Champlain with potential reduced Vermont rates.
Saul Alinsky notes a shift over twenty years as churches move from distant support to leading social action. He cites Kansas City as an example where Episcopal Catholic and Presbyterian churches financed and underwrote a civil rights project, replacing unions as the dominant force.
Washington notes Brazil's balancing act to curb inflation while sustaining growth. Planning Minister Roberto Campos treads a sharp line with finance minister Otavio Gouveia de Bulhoes as aid, trade, and tax measures shape an economy battered by hyperinflation and a coffee dependent export market. Ambassador Lincoln Gordon backs Harvard roots guiding policy amid political turbulence. If reform succeeds, it would mark a historic economic pivot in a century.
Washington describes a bipartisan three page Viet Nam war document read to the President. Senators Mansfield of Montana and Aiken of Vermont are portrayed as inseparable friends who breakfast together daily and shape policy with long experience in foreign affairs. Mansfield is a Vietnam expert influencing Aiken on the war.
A long, satirical column critiques Staughton Lynd and the Assembly of Unrepresented People for their Washington march. It questions motives, ties to civil rights rhetoric, and aims to influence U.S. policy in Vietnam, while contrasting with conservative views on the war. The piece also notes Montana and Vermont editors opposing Johnson's Vietnam buildup and mentions Mansfield, Aiken, and Ford in related political context.
A reminiscence on the early postcard craze, decades ago, when pennies bought cards from ten cent stores. The piece recalls sending and collecting cards, itinerant photographers, local church cards, and humorous misidentifications, plus a mysterious unsigned Vermont message about dress length.
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