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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
Editorials reflect pride in Justice James Stuart Holden being elevated to Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. The Bennington area welcomes the appointment of Vermont’s youngest chief justice, noting his family’s long judicial service and his wartime and legal background.
Holden, former District Attorney of Bennington County and ex page in the 1925 Vermont House, is appointed Chief Justice by Gov. Gibson. A respected public servant, he chaired the Public Service Commission and served as town agent and Vermont Soldiers' Home trustee. Journalists praise his clear rulings, fair play, and steadfast justice.
The Prince Edward County case reaches Virginia Supreme Court, with a 6 to 1 ruling allowing the county to cancel public education amid desegregation tensions. The dissent warns federal intervention may follow, while editorials urge steadfast support for equal education and free competition in business.
The piece argues Republicans face a shattered landscape after recent events, with Goldwater wing tests for control and Knowland pressuring Goldwater’s path. It highlights Sen. Kuchel and Gov. Rockefeller as potential rallying figures amid internal fights over the party’s strategy to counter Kennedy and Johnson.
Congressman Robert T Stafford recounts the shock of President Kennedy's assassination on November twenty third. He recalls attending Kennedy's funeral and the flag folding ceremony at the White House and Arlington, reflecting on Titan II and Saturn rocket plans in Cape Canaveral days earlier.
James Marlow reports that amid assassination fears a private constitutional backup exists for nuclear retaliation if president and in-line successors are killed. Officials say a rapid counterstrike could be authorized by the secretary of defense, even beyond official authority, under a secret emergency plan not made public.
Readers recount reactions from Japan and Americans to Kennedy’s death, noting personal exchanges at universities in Arizona and Bennington College. The letters express shock, mourning, and calls for greater understanding to heal the nation after the Nov. 22 tragedy.
Byron A Harrington of Bennington writes letters from 1962 critiquing national drift toward conservatism and isolationism while challenging local hospital funding and gift practices. He cites Edith Green and Adlai Stevenson, questions a $51,000 federal gift, and demands publication of the Putnam Deed of Gift.
Louisville student Thomas G Aaron former Kentucky Young Americans For Freedom chair resigns calling extremism a threat to liberty and peace He urges re examination of extremist groups as vehicles of political impoverishment and moral hysteria in wake of the president’s assassination.
A reader questions the unidentified “several area officials” who objected to Bennington County towns paying hospital costs at Putnam Memorial Hospital. The letter cites 1962 deeds and a 1961 hospital report showing asset growth and a year end black mark, urging disclosure of who backs the lawsuit.
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