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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper published by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington, Vermont, operating seven days a week except Sundays and holidays.
Ike urges Republican and Democratic conventions to adopt rules that project order and responsibility on television. He favors strong chair power, five minute demonstrations, and restricted on-floor access for reporters. The piece argues for a middle ground between circus-like displays and rigid control, preserving traditions while informing the public.
Greater Bennington and Graded School district boards rescheduled the merger vote for July 27 amid earlier delay. They note momentum rests on a favorable but previously invalidated ballot and urge legal review of warning articles to avoid future mixups. A Vermont Motor Vehicle Department analyst reports on state trends.
The piece cites this year’s dire safety record as the nation’s worst, driven by more drinking drivers and aging highways. It notes U.S. 7 between Bennington and Pownal Center as a difficult stretch and mentions Bennington County Agriculture Agent John Page’s views on farmland tax assessments, criticizing the lack of standard yardsticks amid land use transitions and odd fair market values.
The 1964 annual report by August Heckscher of the Twenty-First Century Fund argues Americans must brace for a larger built environment and altered sense of place. It warns that national boundaries will blur as the environment expands to meet total needs, and cities like New York will be reshaped by successive scales from Trinity Church spire to Wall Street towers.
A columnist argues New Hampshire’s large 400 member legislature breeds amateurs not professionals. He notes low salaries and rare attendance discourage lobbying, lauds old laws on divorce and wildlife, laments outsider critics, and jokes that reform would invite upheaval.
The piece outlines party divisions under RNC chair Ray Bliss as Goldwaterites clash with moderates. It describes fears of a fractured GOP resembling a Whig fate, the 1964 result, and the threat of right wing control in state and national conventions. It also notes Rep. Stanley R. Tupper’s warning and calls for safeguards against extremist influence.
In a high court driven resolution the legislature relearned the balance of power with reapportionment rules tying House districts to presidential elections and Senate districts to the census. Courts urged steady adherence to legal tradition as a model of stability amid regional upheaval. A motorist crash ends with a cryptic harp joke and a widow seeks tombstone inscription changes in a light, unrelated note.
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