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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
State Department reports 59 American college students risk prison and fines by flying from Prague to Havana to visit Cuba as guests of the Castro government without passport validation. The law forbids travel to Cuba without proper clearance, and the students failed to comply.
The Banner states it will not print anonymous letters or those from people using pseudonyms. It asserts readers deserve true identities, cites instances of fake signers, and explains its policy allowing bona fide signed letters under strict limits to encourage informed public discourse.
The Burlington Free Press reports a Vermont 1963 legislative session marked by reversals and unusual votes. Key moves included cuts to Gov Hoff’s Planning Council, a scholarship board bill retrieved by the Senate, workmen’s compensation wrangling, and shifting passings on right to work and employment discrimination. The tale ends with further reversals hinted and a weather joke about unpredictability.
The piece argues Kennedy and de Gaulle must avoid turning the West German visit into a campaign. It stresses that Gaullism is not defeated by elections and urges diplomacy through notes to protect Western alliance and seek Russian relations flexibility.
In a biting forecast the Vermont Legislature considers a penny tax on snacks costing over 14 cents and two cents on items over 33 cents, predicting 1.7 million dollars in new revenue. The piece mocks endless tiny levies and suggests rails against a splintered tax system as common items from bicycles to lemonade stands become potential targets.
The fourth resumed U.N. General Assembly session backed collective responsibility for peacekeeping costs, with the United States pressing for a fairer formula. France and the USSR dissented on assessments while most Western states face higher dues and a looming $10 million shortfall. The next session may address a proposed U.N. Peace Fund and Article 19 voting rights for delinquent states.
Dr LeGrand Byington, director of Denver General Hospital, tells the Board of Health that the hospital needs specific equipment, joking that they have all seen how the machine works on the Dr Kildare program.
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