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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner prints daily except Sundays and holidays. The publishing corporation operates from 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The Montpelier editorial notes the state treasury will end the year June 30 with about a $500 000 operating surplus. It frames this as a Hoff administration victory and a sign Democrats and Vermonters gain from fiscal restraint after prior deficits, citing past $5 million shortfall and tax measures under former Gov Robert Stafford.
The piece notes surplus projections affecting Vermont politics with Hoff and Foote weighing fiscal prudence and Babcock’s sales tax push. It then extols Food for Peace, praising its record $1.6 billion distribution in 1963, its balance of charity and economic benefit, and its role alongside the Peace Corps as a top U.S. program of the decade.
A National Conference on Public Schools analyzes failures and successes amid Johnson’s poverty program. It urges a National Teaching Corps and notes high youth unemployment while a legislative compromise allows after-school and adult classes in both parochial and public schools.
A column quotes Reuben musing on unemployment, taxes, and civil rights. It contrasts past Civil War motives with present segregation tensions while noting space diplomacy with Communists and a final quip about a woman's voting secret.
The Parsley family announces their departure for India after accepting a year ago pending invitation from the United Church Board for World Ministries They will sail from New York on the Sylvania June 18 with a week in England before reaching Ahmednagar to live near Mrs Tishkins Then in Poona they will teach Old Testament and Pastoralia at the seminary and work with village churches This voyage includes language study orientation with missionaries at Stony Point and a commissioning service in Vermont in late May Charles Jeanne Martha Kareen Andrew and Cynthia Parsley sign the letter from Stony Point New York
Darrell R. Luinetti of South Londonderry argues that the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision disrupted decades of progress, fueling racial tensions and transforming politics into a football. He asserts freedom of association cannot be compelled by law and laments increased mutual disrespect.
An eye witness reports blue herons nesting high in treetops two miles up Straiston Mountain near Forest Turtle camp with about 15 sparse nests visible from the ground. The piece also notes a woodchuck burrowing in clay, two boys with trout, and upcoming Vermont State Amateur Trap Association events in Burlington with Bennington Rod and Gun Club hosting wing shooting. Moss growth appears early on the Battenkill, raising wading difficulties if low water persists.
The Vermont Fish and Game Department reports 263 deer killed by automobiles in the first quarter of 1964, up 60 percent from 1963 and above the 1962 record. The annual toll exceeds 1,500, suggesting a large and increasing deer herd in the state.
The piece traces Appalachian whisky from early settlers to modern illegal distilling. It notes German Scots Irish and English influences, sour mash methods, and raids on suburban stills. It recalls excise taxes under Hamilton and Washington, shifts during the Civil War, and ongoing illicit production.
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