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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
A Vermont Development Department report argues the state's tourism growth since 1945 rests on natural beauty and man made charm. It urges preservation through anti pollution laws and zoning to sustain growth and keep rural appeal amid criticism of over development.
The White House signals President Johnson will probably avoid televised debates with the Republican challenger in 1964. It argues incumbents gain from exposure without debates, while opponents benefit from the format, and cautions against diminishing the presidency’s prestige.
Ralph McGill retells the Christmas journey to Bethlehem in a holiday column for children. The piece evokes camels and donkeys, Nazareth to Bethlehem travel, olive trees and hills, a Bethlehem stable, and the nativity of Jesus with gentle didactic detail.
Rockefeller presses ahead for the Republican nomination aided by private polls showing gains over Goldwater. He plans to tour New Hampshire before the 1964 session opens January 8 and weighs pay as you go and anti crime as campaign themes.
The Associated Press reports that Lyndon B. Johnson used ghost writers for his first address to Congress with Theodore C. Sorensen assisting. The piece notes ghost writing's long history from Hamilton to Kennedy and Goldwater, emphasizing that a speech needs more than style and requires delivery.
The piece recalls Lyndon Johnson and Henry Cabot Lodge as leading figures in the 1960 vice presidential campaigns. Lodge relied on a single consistent speech while Johnson toured aboard the Corn pone Special. Reporters highlighted varying paragraphs and Johnson’s folksy style amid contentious moments with bigots. Johnson’s dramatic cries and the Yellow Rose of Texas tune shaped public perception.
A reader proposes a constitutional workaround for presidential succession, suggesting Senate nominations from both parties and a state by state House vote to fill a vacancy, with a caretaker from the Cabinet during interim. The second letter thanks readers for support of the 1963 Christmas Seal Campaign, noting progress toward a $60,000 goal and the campaign’s role in fighting tuberculosis and respiratory diseases in 1964.
Hal Boyle notes signs that a person stays youthful as age advances. He contrasts mirror image, late night reflections, stairs and elevators, and evolving priorities from family costs to independence. The piece playfully argues aging can feel like a second childhood through small shifts in perspective.
A space agency psychologist asks an astronaut what he thinks before launch and the reply says everything making the rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder. The piece cites humor from Reader's Digest and Parade cartoonist Larry Wilde about new educational toys.
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