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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The editorial praises Rachel Carson and warns against hysteria as Sen. Ernest Gruening urges a formal study of possible links between pesticides and rising leukemia, hepatitis, and cancer rates in children. The piece urges objective scientific handling and careful committee oversight.
In her hearing remarks Miss Carson urges restraint on broad spectrum insecticides and long lasting residues. She says medicine is inadequately informed about pesticide dangers and calls for stricter aerial spraying controls and federal safeguards for households.
The Vermont State School Directors Association newsletter offers guidance for bond and school vote efforts. It notes no fixed pattern for success, stresses honesty with voters, economical building, and placing children first while acknowledging risks and the influence of younger parents. The piece also discusses civil defense debate, leadership, and national anxiety affecting public policy.
Professor T Earle Johnson of the University of Alabama argues against selective test bans and calls for a comprehensive end to all nuclear bomb tests. He stresses that a free society requires excellence in politics, education, and conduct to uphold national vigor.
Governor George Wallace positions himself as a martyr over school desegregation. The piece notes the Supreme Court rulings on desegregation, federal court orders to admit Negro students at the University of Alabama, and Wallace’s vow to block enrollment despite injunctions, framing his actions as a test of constitutional government.
Oregon has abolished its Civil Defense department arguing public safety agencies can handle its functions. The decision, seen with distress in Washington, reflects a broader state trend and questions the utility of Civil Defense structures.
The article argues that the Kennedy administration faces tough, non amendable problems in foreign affairs despite strong resolve from the President, Congress, and public. It notes temptations to downplay risks amid calls for effective leadership from the era.
The reign of Pope John is praised as a modern miracle that crossed class, caste, color and creed to touch diverse people. His encyclicals Mater Magistra and Pacem in Terris are hailed as cornerstones guiding rational, humane solutions to global problems, with lasting impact beyond the Catholic Church.
Mrs Elizabeth Soley of Cambridge N Y cites Pope John XXIII pacem in terris urging world community and UN reform. Excerpts warn against nuclear tests and arms race while stressing truth, justice, solidarity, and universal human rights under a strengthened world public authority.
A discussion on Silent Spring, the May 1963 President's Science Advisory Committee report vindicating Carson, and the rise of pesticide use. It notes industry influence, public debate, and calls for closer controls and long term ecological health research, with Carson's work seen as pivotal.
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