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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner, a Vermont daily except Sundays and holidays, is published by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It lists 425 Main Street as its office in Bennington and operates as the town’s local newspaper edition.
The new Union School Board in Southwestern Vermont faces scrutiny for scheduling one third of its meetings as secret. Editors argue public access is essential, as closed sessions bred distrust and helped sink previous proposals. They urge a full schedule of open meetings to ensure community scrutiny and prevent another failure for Bennington children.
John Cogley argues in The Commonweal that liberal efforts for racial integration fail in practice as people live segregated lives. He notes all white or all black social circles, neighborhoods, and schools, creating daily life that contradicts anti racist ideals and burdens the liberal conscience.
W A Verell Harriman and Lord Hailsham visit Moscow amid Sino Soviet tensions. Khrushchev seeks a test ban with the West, yet China and the Soviet Union will likely reject an accord. Analysts warn a pact may be limited to bans on atmospheric tests while broader aims fail. Irving Fineman laments roadside motel sign wars spoiling Vermont’s landscape and urges restraint or regulation.
Alfred Baker Lewis argues for ending obstruction in Congress through a 21 day rule and a majority vote to end filibusters. He cites Republican Southern Democrat opposition and notes the NAACP and other progressives back these changes. Old Greenwich, Conn.
New York State Young Republican clubs show rising Goldwater sentiment, troubling Gov. Rockefeller who seeks a tight GOP path to the presidential nomination. Local groups like Shore Road in Brooklyn endorse Goldwater, while state leaders note no official stance until after the convention.
Henry Cabot Lodge, appointed ambassador to South Vietnam, steps into a deteriorating conflict as U S aid nears $5 billion since 1946. Diem’s regime angering Buddhists, with civil war risk looming. officials caution reforms faded and U S pressure restrained.
The New York Times obituary for A. Whitney Griswold, Yale president who died at 56, notes his humor as the class of 1929’s wittiest member and his serious stance on academic freedom. It recalls his remark on the world’s upside down view for a baccalaureate speaker and his quip about supper with the farmer’s devil.
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