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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The piece critiques voter apathy at Bennington Town Meeting where turnout hovers around 22 percent. It contrasts local cynicism with images of New Guinea natives eager to vote, noting language barriers and vast turnout potential. It ends predicting New Guinea may surpass Bennington in participation.
A Louis Harris poll cited in The New Republic finds that rank and file Catholics favor lifting the church ban on contraception by more than two to one. Dr John Rock argues in The Time Has Come that revision is overdue and inevitable, while population growth in Catholic Central America raises concerns about poverty and communism.
After 100 days in office President Johnson is still shaping his foreign policy and domestic agenda. He backed a sizable tax cut and a substantial foreign aid bill while facing Vietnam and Cuba crises. He struggled with press relations and held a rare live news conference signaling a multichannel approach to communication.
Rockefeller’s budget and liquor reform proposals face major GOP resistance in the New York Senate and Assembly as the 1964 session winds down. They clash over school funding, tax limits, repeal of the full crew law, and the Moreland Commission liquor revamp.
The piece recalls a ten year quest to quit tobacco through pipes and cigars. It recounts early smoking in boyhood, Bible paper and Home Runs legends, and college pipe culture in New England and London, ending with a decisive throw of a beloved English pipe from the Cunard liner Sama ria.
Letter from Herbert G Ogden of Hartland criticizes the Vermont state board trajectory toward a centralized school system. He cites minimum standards, potential aid changes, and legislative moves like the Hebard Amendment while urging town control and urging readers to contact their county senators. Letters over 200 words may be condensed.
A worker tells colleagues of another birth saying it is seven. He then resumes work and jokes that after seven you don’t pass out cigars but bum cigarettes. The Army reserves inspection scene features a sergeant scolding tense troops about dress and preparedness.
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