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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street in Bennington, Vermont, outlining its regional newspaper identity and address.
An editorial compares South Africa's apartheid to U S race issues, noting white minority dominance, economic leverage over Black workers, and a growing police state. It cites Sharpeville’s memory, Verwoerd’s hard line, and Paton’s report on government powers. It mentions Western sanctions debates and GE protests as limited counterpressure while apartheid tightens.
In Bennington the village trustees resolved a dispute over appropriate radio size for the police cruiser while in New York City John V. Lind urged abandoning police two way radios in favor of computers and electronic data processing to improve communications. The Senate rejected Belmont Pitkin for the Fish and Game Board amid controversy stirred by veterans groups over his conscientious objector status. Rainfall in Bennington in June reached 2.77 inches with 96 percent of normal, the highest in Vermont except Burlington, leaving drought concerns ongoing. Burr and Burton Seminary reports 84 percent of this year's graduates will pursue further education, a record for the school and a point of local pride.
President Johnson met with Sen. Fulbright at the White House to bridge differences over Viet Nam policy. The private talks followed Fulbright concerns about bombing North Viet Nam and a prolonged ground war, hinting at a potential renewed Congress leadership dialogue and a cautious path to negotiation.
A trio of anglers at Somerset Dam and three more at a Stamford beaver pond were inspected by two state wardens who found licenses and creels in order. A prior incident at a Peru camp involved a forgetful hunter who lacked a license. The piece reflects on the demanding, underfunded job of game wardens and notes related wildlife and recreational policy topics.
The piece weighs legislative fights over redistricting in Vermont. It portrays Wilson to push bold plans, Senate resistance, and a House-Senate clash. It notes a court challenge to town moves for Senate purposes and ends with a jab at lawmakers delaying to save their seats amid a New Sport aside.
The New York Herald Tribune notes the Kremlin forms a Joint Council on Advertising and Pravda extols advertising for higher turnover and faster selling. The piece speculates on Soviet training for Madison Avenue and imagines a Red stock exchange outside Berlin with bears running a People’s Capitalism driven by unplanned economy methods.
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