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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner lists its daily publication details for March 20 1963. It notes publication by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
Editorial weighs Bennington as a progressive or enlightened community, noting three elections in three Tuesdays show negative voter sentiment. It lists assets such as a new sewer plant airport and hospitals, alongside liabilities like chaotic government and aging water supply. The piece questions future outlook.
President Kennedy and NAM president W P Gallander unite on the need for a substantial tax cut to curb rising unemployment. They warn of as many as 10 million jobless by 1970 if growth remains slow, urging Congress to act or risk worsening joblessness as the postwar baby boom ages into the labor market.
The editorial notes no easy fix to the Cuban problem. It argues invasion would be illegal and costly, blockade risks a larger war, and stresses surveillance containment and immunization of the hemisphere via the Alliance for Progress. It warns against overconfident, surgical remedies and favors steady diplomacy.
A Vermont columnist vents about March’s dull weather and bad timing. He rails at the month’s mess, recalls historical Marchs, mentions Vermont statehood in 1791, the bank holiday of 1933, and St. Patrick’s Day, then jokes about bells, phones, and oddities of modern life.
A reader criticizes the Taxpayers Association for defeating plans for a union high school. She argues it harms children and urges the group to learn the facts, warning that the blind lead the blind. She signs as Mrs. John Riddle of Bennington.
Hal Boyle reports Harper Lee, 36, creator of To Kill a Mockingbird, finds success unsettling yet fuels her drive. She writes nightly, rewrites obsessively, golf inspires solitary thinking, and she admires Robert E. Lee and Tom Jefferson as heroes.
AP analysis notes seven Central American leaders and Kennedy issued a shared pledge to push social economic progress and halt Communist influence. Observers question private accords and how effectively such plans can counter Castro without direct action while U S aid and surveillance expand amid tensions with Cuba and the Soviet Union.
A minister warns of Judgment Day with thunder flames floods and earthquakes as a child asks his mother if he will get out of school. The scene captures a wary child seeking a mundane escape from crisis tone.
A reader reflects on March being a long month, noting humor in the saying and wishing others well as they cope with its length. The remark is framed as light, personal wisdom for enduring the period.
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