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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The Pentagon plans to close 33 military installations in 14 states, a move billed as fiscal economy. Vermont and New York react with concern as 106 million in taxpayer savings comes with 8,500 civilian jobs cut and 7,800 servicemen reassigned. critics urge extended aid programs to mitigate unemployment.
McCormack, next in line to the Presidency, urges frank discussion of succession. He argues the 1947 law, naming Speaker and Senate pro tem in the line, was flawed and unfit to determine the next president. Critics say the plan ignores clear electoral principles and questions Senate confirmation.
Hal Boyle reflects on twenty years of writing a daily column and the gap between idealized celebrity life and his own modest reality. He ponders the reward of columning, the people he meets, and the challenge of sustaining civilizational progress through journalism.
A narrator recalls a trip with Dr Lemuel Gulliver to Balnibarbi and La Puta. An interview with a demography professor links failed utopian schemes to population policy and federal industrial expansion in a province, raising questions about frontiers and education.
Government surveys and federal advisers present mixed views for 1964. Manufacturers expect a sales drop of $400 million in Q1 1964 after a 1963 year end, while inventories rise by $400 million. President’s Council foresees faster growth next year if tax cuts pass, with GNP near $620 billion in 1964.
Russell Baker recalls Lyndon B. Johnson as intensely sensitive to slights and capable of sharp rebuttal. He notes Johnson’s early Senate victory by a thin margin of 87 votes and the anecdote of Little Juan whose father, dead six years, returned last Tuesday to vote for Johnson and not see his son.
A Vermont restudy is sought as the U S Senate funds 65000 for a restudy of the Victory Dam recreation plan. Critics warn the reservoir may destroy wildlife habitat while supporters cite recreation gains. The Corps of Engineers restudy aims to provide facts to decide if the project is worth the investment.
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