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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily Vermont newspaper published by Banner Publish Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington. It operates except on Sundays and holidays, delivering local news, events, and community information to residents of Bennington and surrounding areas.
The Vermont Legislature adjourned 1963 without new education funding, school TV, or tax reform. A new mental health department lacks supporting research, and a piecemeal rooms and meals tax was authorized. Gov Hoff, a Democrat, faced partisan strains and a divided legislature as he urged progress.
Secretary Willard W. Wirtz told a House subcommittee that racial unrest stems partly from economic losses faced by Negroes. He cited unemployment among male breadwinners three times higher than whites and Harlem rates around 13 percent with teen boys above 20 percent.
A satirical travel appeal targets Prince Edward County Virginia noting the 1959 school closure over integration. It contrasts Farmville with Stratford on Avon while criticizing unemployment and civil rights policy, calling out Longwood and Hampden Sydney colleges and local figures amid the county’s racial tensions.
The Berlin crowd roared as Kennedy spoke at the town hall and a sign read Kennedy never forget us. The piece notes Kennedy's push to reassure Europe of American resolve to defend Western Europe while German caution about the arms race and Moscow talks continues.
A Syracuse reader urges Rockefeller to imitate Ohio’s restraint to curb deficits and taxes while praising GOP unity. The piece contrasts Eisenhower era espionage fallout with Macmillan’s crisis, Berlin policy hopes, and the Cuba contrast, noting upcoming responses from Europe and U.S. posture debates.
The piece urges readers to re-examine attitudes toward peace and the Soviet Union, citing Kennedy’s American University address. It highlights scientific exchanges, lessons from Russia’s changes, and the link between domestic democracy and foreign policy. Readers are urged to act—read more, speak up, write to senators, and donate books via Books U.S.A.
The piece analyzes the Russia China split and its impact on a possible nuclear test ban. It notes Western disunity, De Gaulle’s European moves, and U Thant’s forecast of a Chinese atomic bomb. It questions whether US Russia accord could survive Red Chinese testing and rising nationalism.
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