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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper published by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont. It issues issues every day except Sundays and holidays.
Editorial laments Alabama jury’s non conviction in Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr.’s murder trial of Viola Liuzzo. It notes a decade of civil rights era killings with seven famous cases, four tried and none convicted, and argues jurors’ acquittal reasoning stems from outrage over an FBI informant breaking his Ku Klux Klan oath.
Reflecting on the Liuzzo murder trial and a mistrial with ten jurors voting for conviction, the text suggests the Klan’s law overrides state and national law. It argues that a white woman’s killing partly stirred Southern sentiment, though it doubts genuine judicial awakening in the Deep South. The piece praises Mrs. Liuzzo’s martyrdom if it tempers Klan influence and exposes its brutality.
Editor notes praise GBA president Tom Hall for backing the 1965 Teen Art Show and discuss the Old First Church marker setback due to insurance. The column also mentions shaving mug collections, Tom Heinsohn’s sports night remarks, award winners Curly Williams, drought aid for farmers, and Bennington County’s $10,000 aid fund.
The piece argues for strong local initiative over federal control, warning that weak local leadership invites federal power. It singles out Alabama and Governor Wallace, urges maintaining federal antipoverty standards, and stresses citizen action. It calls local Democrats to responsible leadership and Republicans to push local improvements without backsliding on local autonomy.
Washington calling Groves of academe provide brainpower in a sharp debate over Asian policy. Harvard’s McGeorge Bundy, special assistant to the President on national security, faces praise and criticism for his Viet Nam stance. He led Harvard’s arts and sciences faculty before joining Washington, later to lead a pro government teach in with Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and other policy officials.
The Vermont House approved a $15 000 appropriation to fund lawyers in a legal challenge to reapportionment. About 121 of Vermont's towns represented by these lawmakers contributed earlier funds, totaling far less than the state's overall tax share. Critics say the move reflects partisan control and questions the fairness of apportionment in state government.
Washington opinion piece questions wartime style vents in raincoats amid GAO findings that Marine Corps Army and Navy spend excess funds on vents. It argues civilians should sacrifice fashion quirks like lapels buttons and cuffs to justify military vent policies, urging an open vent approach.
A Vermont grandmother discusses the new math concept and the old modulo system. She contrasts 1945 wartime budgets with modern great society spending and questions how to grasp trillions and billions in government finance.
Mrs Margaret Buckley of Buck Hill Bennington thanks The Banner editor for cooperation in a book sale run by the Association of University Women. Proceeds are designated for educational purposes.
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