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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont, serving as the region's local news outlet with regular publication cadence.
Vermont's Congressman Robert T. Stafford endorses the Johnson administration education aid program and supports its passage. He rejects a Republican plan offering tax credits against income tax for local school taxes, arguing it would cut taxes without increasing school funds. Vermont would receive about 2.29 million in aid to expand services, with about 1.5 million for districts serving economically disadvantaged children and 390 thousand for broader programs.
The Bennington village and rural schools proposal mirrors Mt. Anthony Union plans. Mergers aim to improve education by pooling resources, reducing duplicative administration, and creating a larger district to relieve tax strain while raising quality. Bennington moves toward resolving its educational problems through a village rural school merger.
The piece laments many local Vermont government bodies and praises Ty Resch's nighttime skiing at Brodie Mountain as a growing trend appealing to daytime workers. It also notes Florinda Carvajal's observation about American work pace affecting her siesta and recounts North Bennington firefighters climbing trees to battle barn fires sparked by embers.
Walter Lippmann argues before Congress on the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He traces the 15th Amendment from 1870 to enforcement, noting repeals and devices used to deny Black citizens the vote, including literacy tests and the grandfather clause later struck down by the Supreme Court.
The letter argues that voter suppression in Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana kept Negro enfranchisement to single digits while white registration stood around 70 to 80 percent. It rebuts claims against federal intervention, naming Wallace Thurmond as white supremacy proponents and praising Black leaders like King Bunche Marshall and Wilkins as credit to their race.
A Bennington letter thanks Village President Sal Santarcangelo, police chief Ed Silver, the Vermont State Police, and many volunteers for the Sabers Day celebration. It names Arthur Theberge, Don Hicks, the Greater Bennington Association, the Bendi High School band, transportation providers, Fire Chief Dick Hollister, Harold Babcock, BCHS students, and St. Joseph sisters. It lauds Father Bourgeois and Father Spincelli for organizing signs and floats. The note ends with praise for the day’s success.
An opinion piece laments rising bureaucratic demands as machines reduce leisure time. It mocks forms for driving license plates and vehicle data, notes 53 boxes to fill, and describes teachers doctors and nurses bogged down by paperwork. The author fantasizes a revolt against paperwork as a new revolution.
The piece argues that a voting rights bill could set broad precedents, allowing federal courts to block state legislation for a decade over past discriminatory practices. It warns this “new device” could suspend many statutes until federal scrutiny, altering the balance of constitutional governance. It laments Senate support without full scrutiny, urging concern over eroding constitutionalism amid protests.
The Wall Street Journal reports two explanations for the absence of a diving board at the Rayburn House Office Building pool. One blames diving on strain for elderly lawmakers, the other jokes about grossmen bouncing into the low ceiling.
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