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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The editorial laments spiraling government costs led by Sen. Edward Janeway and Sen. John Boylan. It argues cuts require sacrificing valued services, questions the Department of Administration, and concludes democracy cannot be maintained without rising expenses and higher public spending.
Semyon Tsarapkin of the Soviet delegation reacts to Yuri Nossenko’s defection by accusing Swiss authorities of lax security. The incident highlights Soviet unease and questions about the USSR’s willingness to reform amid rising living standards.
Herbert J. Muller argues in Harper's that popular signs of the revival foster disgust and religious illiteracy. He criticizes the Back to God movement, congressional oaths, moral crusades, films, songs, and Peale books as undermining genuine spirituality and encouraging complacence.
The Mohole project, long mired in conflict over bids and management, gains a restart with Dr. Leland Haworth replacing leadership and Gordon Lill named director. A $47 million mobile drilling platform plan gains approval, while critics accuse Brown and Root of favored contracting. The effort races Russia for inner space progress as it seeks a path to success.
Hal Boyle recalls a family trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art where his daughter Tracy Ann asks if the mummy lives there. The piece blends light anecdotes with quotes from John Kenneth Galbraith and Lyndon Johnson on culture, fulfillment, and poverty in America.
In Montpelier a special session signaled a parimutuel deal for Vermont and Green Mountain Park as lawmakers eased the track’s tax split to 3 15 6 per cent by handle, pledging relief to avert closure while noting the poor 145 000 daily average and the need for stronger management and public relations to sustain racing in southern Vermont.
Faxon Bowen argues for a district system with about 4000 people per district to ensure better qualified lawmakers and stronger rural voices. He claims districts prevent dilution by geography, curb wasteful politics, and move state government toward genuine representative government.
A humorous ditty from Catholic Digest about a woman in a supermarket line who buys inconsistent quantities of three pricing groups and explains she will not be told how many to buy, followed by a quip about a wife constantly breaking greed for money and a Michigan county press note.
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