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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont detailing its ownership and operations.
The Selma confrontation exposes brutality by Alabama troopers against peaceful civil rights demonstrators. The world’s revulsion strengthens support for civil rights and boosts momentum toward equal voting rights, framing Governor Wallace’s tactic as self-defeating. The Sunday events, though harsh, highlight the justness of the Negroes’ cause.
Elmore's Fred Westphal filed a bill to reprint in town reports the names of poor relief recipients claiming the public has a right to know. Critics say naming the poor demeans them and does not solve poverty, noting the war on poverty already highlights the issue and anonymity should be preserved.
Editor notes Arlington Selectman Orange Baker defends unpaved roads calling them a dirt road in springtime as frost recedes. Shaftsbury printer Carl Farnham’s shop remains vital, printing town reports for Arlington Sandgate and Shaftsbury. Montpelier bills seek pari mutuel split at Green Mountain Park deemed flexible and revisable by next year’s reapportionment.
The piece traces the long, costly cycle of foreign aid legislation, noting Senate and House timelines, the shift of power to the House with funding bills, and Fulbright’s challenge to omnibus aid. It argues foreign aid marks a radical policy change and calls for reexamining entrenched beliefs shaping U.S. strategy.
Elizabeth Dwyer reflects on Beatlemania as a social and financial craze. Teens buy Beatle wigs, lifelike cutouts, and stock in Northern Songs while parents marvel at the phenomenon and seek to understand the music, culture, and business of the Fab Four. The piece casts Beatlemania as a peaceful outlet for frustration and as a modern truth in a changing world.
National debate over how courts handle police arrest procedures and evidence follows a Chicago case where Judge George Leighton freed two men after gunpoint arrest. The incident highlights concerns about legal technicalities shielding alleged criminals and limiting police effectiveness.
A comic anecdote from Family Weekly depicts a father signing a poor report card after claiming he cannot read the marks so the teacher won’t think anyone with such grades has a father who can read or write.
Washington column satirically forecasts fashion pressure as skirts shorten and hemlines rise with two lengths. It jokes that women may seek knee padding or hosiery to avoid displaying imperfect knees, imagining fake knees as a solution to keep hems modest through seasons.
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