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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The piece argues national political platforms are flawed but serve as the record of a party’s beliefs and the starting point for voter judgment. It notes platforms reflect public pressure, guide campaigns, and offer a defense against professional politicians, though candidates flesh out specifics beyond general platform themes.
The Vermont House rejected a sweepstakes bill 213 to 22 and failed to gain endorsement for a referendum by three votes 119 against and 116 for. The piece notes moral concerns and financial pressures on state government as New Hampshire pursues sweepstakes. It mentions pari mutuel legalization and critiques tax relief tied to Green Mountain Park.
The article discusses potential U S moves to cut beef imports from Australia and New Zealand, backed by leaders like Carl Albert and Mike Mansfield, risking Geneva tariff talks. It notes price spreads between farmer and consumer, government programs to use surplus beef, and consumer affairs chief Esther Peterson's limited leverage.
The narrator and Robert Collins tour Vermont hatcheries, starting at Pittsford where John Bierley runs a modern facility supplying brook brown and rainbow trout to several states. They discuss costs, federal supervision, and history, then visit Salisbury to see lake trout production and albino specimens. A Montpelier meeting on trout distribution is noted and ice fishing on Lake Champlain yields sauger and perch. Spring trout season looms.
Visiting editorials recount Dr Tang Tsou’s 1963 analysis in America’s Failure in China. He argues American ignorance of political doctrine and overreliance on economic power fostered misjudgments of revolutionary movements and regimes, urging caution against backsliding and ideologically loose policy.
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