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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper issued by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont, excluding Sundays and holidays.
The region's vacation sector grows steadily across six states aided by museums forests parks golf courses and lakes. Summer camps alone employ about 40 000 and bring 80 to 85 million in summer cash with indirect income near 100 million. Industry competitiveness and new travel trends push expansion as Vermont and others study broader advertising to attract distant families.
The article views President Johnson as energetic and ambitious, aiming to unify the nation across racial and economic divides. It compares his leadership to FDR in crisis times, notes a high approval poll, and highlights civil rights advocacy and calls for bridging East and West amid global tensions.
Congressman Robert Stafford, who backed the Civil Rights bill in the House, will speak at Bennington Elementary School Monday evening. Sponsored by the Shaftsbury Methodist Church Christian Social Concern Committee, the event aims to explain the bill’s provisions amid controversy and misinformation about its impact on rights and property.
Burlington Free Press reports Milk Industry Foundation data showing Vermont as the top dairy state in 1962 with 73.3 percent of cash farm income from milk, ahead of Wisconsin and New York. It cites 258000 milk cows and tallies 6.5 million pounds butter, 11.2 million pounds cheese, 397000 gallons ice cream, and 19.2 million pounds buttermilk powder.
The New York Times reported that a SNAP powered satellite failed due to a human error at the Atomic Energy Commission. About 2.2 pounds of plutonium 238 remains unaccounted for in space near Africa and possibly other satellites.
A reader recalls Bennington’s home mills and river power that fueled early trade. The article traces Safford’s Grist Mill, Capt Sage Iron Works, and Remington carriage shop, with water power from the South Stream and Roaring Branch, and notes the 1927 flood ended the village dam.
Visiting Editor outlines how Gov George Wallace drew 30 to 40 percent of the vote across Wisconsin Indiana and Maryland from anti civil rights sentiment and right wing groups including Klan and Bund remnants while noting the campaigns failed to alter local government moral duties and federal civil rights needs.
A Catholic Digest remark notes a woman remarking to another in the Senate visitors' gallery that filibusters sometimes emit “real good recipes.” The casual quip reflects light humor amid political spectacle.
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