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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
A proposed tax credit to aid education would not solve the core funding issue. The plan favors middle and high income parents, does not directly aid public schools, and falls short of providing direct federal support, with debate centering on church state tensions.
The Christian Science Monitor argues Rachel Carson's work provoked national debate and led to government action on pesticide safety. It notes the President's Science Advisory Committee found safety decisions lag behind efficacy and calls for shifting registrations to public health authorities with full data disclosure. Kennedy supports reform and FDA reviews tolerances. Carson and publisher Houghton Mifflin deserve high honors.
Commissioner Francis Keppel urged a $5 million federal grant to states for reading and writing programs targeting functional illiterates. He noted 8 million adults over 25 with under five years of schooling and 23 million 18 plus with under eight years, linking illiteracy to unemployment and relief rolls. Mercury flight reference contrasts the space age with citizens needing basic literacy.
A Bennington reader argues for keeping the village in the union high school district to benefit all residents. The letter discusses education funding, cooperation, and the need for broader programs, noting the costs and potential gains for the community.
In a staged encounter, Kennedy and Khrushchev imagine a private, congenial talk at a shared airport hotel. They debate costs of global conflicts, propose people-to-people exchange, and joke about their superior water, before staff intervenes and ends the moment.
Capitol Hill report notes Sen. George D. Aiken of Vermont may shape next moves after the national wheat referendum rejected the Kennedy administration plan for tough production controls. Aiken, ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, weighs substitute subsidies and political risks for Farm Belt and Southern factions ahead of a likely 1956 debate.
Somerset Mass Spectator notes a British observer sees racialism in the United States as a national fault, not limited to the Deep South. The piece argues equality remains lip service across regions while Negro Americans endure segregation and second-class status, warning of hypocrisy in national creed.
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