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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
GOP candidates push the critique that William F. Kearns Jr. is not fit to run Vermont’s Administration Department. Richard Snelling urges a trained manager is needed, while critics say the attack signals a weak issue and undermines public confidence.
Washington observers note deep rifts within the GOP as Barry Goldwater firms control over the national committee and state campaigns. Key figures like Sen. Kenneth Keating face reelection peril amid Conservative party pressures and Goldwater's divergent stance.
Brad Smith’s last column, written before his death, argues we inhabit a shared world. He envisions a connected globe through trade, international agencies, and voluntary groups, urging individual acts to foster peace and global prosperity. The piece emphasizes unity amid complexity and responsibility for progress.
The New York Times photo of defoliated trees by a busy parkway underscores urban pollution and bolsters Vermont’s appeal as a cleaner refuge. The editor notes diesel fumes mimic war era rhetoric on foliage loss while praising Vermont’s open spaces and the Fresh Air Fund that brings city children to the countryside.
The Automobile Legal Association urged politicians to remove campaign posters and placards at their expense to preserve road aesthetics. It proposes billing candidates five percent of campaign funds for municipal cleanup, while noting candidates won’t remove signs themselves. The piece contrasts old debates with modern campaigning and criticizes image-driven politics.
In a July Letter to the Banner reader Ruth Ann Slutsky of Stateline Properties argues against highway signs on US 7 and VT 313 to protect Vermont's scenic countryside. She advocates removing signs for West Mountain Farm Griffins Marsh Boys Laundromat and other businesses and questions tax revenue from new subdivisions while praising unspoiled vistas. The letter cites Michael Harrington's The Other America and notes poverty in the United States as a culture.
A seasoned observer argues that national campaigns are media driven and driven by rhetoric and perception. He cautions against over interpreting convention drama and urges voters to study government facts and long term patterns for informed choices.
A humorous anecdote from Quote Magazine recalls a teen neighbor driving downtown and buying only a dollar’s worth of gas. He insists a dollar fills the gauge to empty, prompting surprised responses from the narrator.
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