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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays from 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont with the March 30 1964 date line and publisher details.
The piece notes Senate action delaying Civil Rights bill passage and a predicted rise in Negro demonstrations. It cites violent unrest in Jacksonville Florida and urges a strong Civil Rights measure to address growing tension and fear of explosive racial conflict. John O Killens is referenced on white misunderstanding of Black anger.
The article contrasts peaceful demonstrations with rising violence in Jacksonville and cites Mr. Killens on white attitudes, Negro racial identity, and the urgent need for Civil Rights legislation. It warns that time is running out for both Negroes and whites as the Senate debates a strong rights bill.
In Albany the partisan fight over a state ethics code continues as Senate leader Mahoney hints at broadening scope to other officials. Rumors of deals trigger a heated floor clash over liquor bill links to ethics, with Governor Rockefeller endorsing a hands off stance. A revised code may reappear in a special session starting April 15.
Adlai E Stevenson argues postwar deterrence by nuclear weapons shapes global peace and urges strengthening UN peacekeeping. He cites limited conflicts avoided by fear of escalation and calls for a trained international force to handle crises quickly. The piece notes skepticism about a worldwide consensus but supports expanding UN capacity.
Visiting Editor argues aid programs are driven by the need to counter poverty and ignorance which fuel communist recruitment. The piece surveys Africa Asia and Latin America noting growing populations, underdevelopment, and shifting aid patterns toward loans, with France Germany Britain and the United States each directing funds, and forecasts more loans in 1964 65.
United Nations dispatch analyzes the global ideological war since 1945. It notes the shift from a clear US Soviet split to a fragmented arena with Moscow Beijing tensions, de Gaulle rift, African nonalignment, and Latin American infiltration fears. Official views resist declaring a winner as nonaligned states rise and Western unity faces strains amid economic aid and Southeast Asia challenges.
Hal Boyle muses on memory as a hoarder of odd recollections from childhood and midcentury life. He recalls Chaplin impersonations, smelling salts, fashion, business myths, and small town quirks before shifting to letters about press freedom and civic debate.
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