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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 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.
Bennington Catholic High School and Mt. Anthony Union School board signed a historic agreement to create a union school for the Bennington area. The plan assigns teaching of certain subjects to the union board, reflecting cooperation between parochial and public schools amid rising costs and similar moves elsewhere.
A piece notes KKK leaders proposing a move to private all white communities with own schools churches and parks to gain respectability. It cites mixed reactions including FBI arrests of five Klansmen in Jacksonville for bombing a Negro home and discusses broader civil rights progress.
The Ohio Senate contest pits Lt. Col. John Glenn Jr., the astronaut famed for orbiting Earth three times, against incumbent Sen. Stephen M. Young in the Democratic primary on May 5. Also in the mix is Rep. Robert A. Taft Jr., heir to a storied political dynasty, aged 47, signaling a clash of celebrity, legacy, and party.
A reader argues for expert handling of Communist influence and cautions against silencing neighbors with fear. The letter compares activism to diagnosing illness, urges live and let live, and warns against rash labeling and mudslinging in town debates.
A report shows 13 small colleges closed in three years while three private universities and a Midwestern school moved to state ownership. Enrollment shifts forecast 20 percent private college share by 1985 and a doubling of total college enrollments in 10–12 years, with many small institutions at risk unless they adapt.
Lucy Ann Bent, a Wisconsin mother, funds medicines clothes and schooling for Ourika Valley Berber children near Marrakech. Her students back home donate five cents a month, fueling supplies and a weekly visit by Bent and Arab helpers, while Berber families share gifts and a girl dances to honor her aid.
The article notes shifts to better resource use in education with changes at smaller colleges. Expectations include extended class hours from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. five days weekly and a half day Saturday. The academic year may run 11 and a half months. Televised and audio visual methods plus programmed learning will be adopted.
The article notes that a clock has been installed in the Leaning Tower of Pisa, with local fathers arguing that the tower's tilt is pointless without a timekeeping feature.
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