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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
A defense department report shows Connecticut per capita military contracts higher than any state, with Massachusetts fourth and New Hampshire ranking above Illinois and Michigan. Electronics and light industries offset textile losses, while defense and space programs align with a growing, technology driven regional economy.
In Williamsburg Virginia a three day International Assembly hosted 15 students from 15 countries including Sen. Roman L. Hruska and journalists from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Milton Katz of Harvard warned that rapid change outpaces education and urged shared responsibility between people and government for foreign policy. He noted U S gold reserves depleted by 3 billion dollars over two years and urged Europe to assume more defense costs.
A Rutland led Vermont chapter of Citizens for Decent Literature aims to educate parents curb obscene literature and encourage reading of good books without censorship. The group pledges peaceful action, not boycotts, and seeks to inform law enforcement and readers while considering free speech concerns and constitutional limits.
Washington reporters note elaborate plans for Kennedy's four day visit to Bonn with extensive German television coverage. Broadcasts will reach Eurovision networks and Telstar relays, while Germany pursues East West trade with Poland Hungary and possibly Romania Czechoslovakia to ease Cold War tensions.
Letters to the Banner discuss a proposed union high school district including North Bennington and Shaftsbury. Authors analyze unequal tax bases, costs for building a new junior senior high school, and transportation implications, urging careful study and policy action by Shaftsbury officials. Barbara Wolf of Bennington objects to withdrawal and warns about funding and overcrowding.
The Sunday Times Magazine notes the New Yorker, a leading ad supported monthly, rejects many pages of advertising and tilts away from certain product categories such as hangover cures cosmetics vitamins slimming devices feminine hygiene depilatories laxatives contact lenses and dairy farming ads.
The speaker praises leaders in Williamsburg and Washington for personal commitment to traditional democratic values. He says they trust these values to serve all mankind and provide resilience during stressful times, noting they are on the job and unafraid.
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