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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The Banner defends its reporting on Green Mountain Patriots and their meetings while condemning alleged distortions from Patriot letters. It criticizes attributed insinuations and calls for calm, national unity, and adherence to libel laws amid tensions and accusations of infiltration.
Commentator praises a new wave of precision critics led by women who target specific failings in society. Writers like Maurine Neuberger Rachel Carson Jessica Mitford and Harry Caudill are cited for exposing abuses from industry to government. The piece urges action to curb advertising time and protect public discourse.
Washington reports that New Hampshire, the latest GOP test, failed to nominate a unifying candidate. Scranton’s uncertain legitimacy and the party fracture push toward San Francisco as Taftite memories linger and mass campaigns could shed light on a reluctant dragon’s path.
Hal Boyle defends cigar smokers amid stigma linking them to vice and violence. He catalogs historical figures and critics, notes televised antipathy toward cigars, and humorously contrasts cigar etiquette with women's complaints while sparking broader social reflection.
The writer recalls visits with Charlie Thompson and discusses his beagle kennels and a 1964 Guatemala expedition led by Frank Thompson. They describe years of zoo work, a controversial trip amid revolution, prisoners and gunpoints, and the capture of hummingbirds for the Fort Worth Zoo. Frank later becomes curator of the Topeka Zoo. The article also notes a Japanese Olympic shooting program with structured year-long training.
The piece analyzes why overtime pay policies persist in U S industry. It discusses the Adamson Act and Wagner Act, wartime labor shifts, and the paradox of automation reducing jobs while overtime remains common. It argues double time may not solve unemployment and warns of rushed future action.
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