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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
GBA sponsored sales event in Bennington rivals holiday shopping in impact. With favorable weather and merchant cooperation, the Bennington area promotions under Donald C. Hicks show substantial progress. A four season brochure, Dollar Day push, skiing industry activity and closer chamber collaboration mark notable gains.
The GBA has moved beyond commerce to shape local issues, backing a union high school district a town planning commission Rutland postal facilities and water fluoridation while facing chronic funding gaps. Despite a lean house keeping budget of 500 for promotion and 50 for guest entertainment supporters urge stronger financing to unlock Bennington’s economic growth potential and dividends.
The July 12 issue notes Trout Unlimited formed a Vermont chapter in Rutland with 25 members. It advocates fishing for fun and preservation of native trout, citing Dr. Albert S. Hazzard’s regulatory ideas and urging reader support through the organization’s magazine.
The piece warns there is no safe way to view the eclipse directly and urges indirect viewing. It describes the pinhole camera idea using a grocery carton, paper, and a small pinhole, plus television viewing as safest. The notice cites the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness and Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness.
The piece surveys the Kennedy administration fight over inflation, unemployment and the dollar drain. It cites Patman Douglas Keyserling and broader Congress opinions, warns of rising teen and Black unemployment, and notes political splits over tax cuts and deficit fears.
The Williamstown Grange Horse Show evades a state permit hurdle after informal pressure and neighbor cooperation. Mike Austin campaigns with allies to keep the event running, promising parking space and postshow concessions as a show of community support. The piece critiques blue laws while lauding local action that preserves the charity proceeds and scholarships.
Humorist Dr Kenneth D Keele speculated at Yale that Mona Lisa's smile reflected pregnancy. In a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine Dr Allen S Johnson offered another view that the smile shows she is not pregnant.
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