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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont, indicating a standard municipal newspaper operation and location.
A 66 year old woman died after being struck by a car driven by a 19 year old in White River Junction. Officials project highway fatalities to reach 125 to 130 this year, higher than last year’s record total, reflecting public desensitization to road deaths amid rising traffic and faster cars.
A Vermont editorial urges tougher highway safety enforcement with ideas such as a points system like Illinois for repeat violators and longer license suspensions for infractions. It also suggests periodic driving exams for elderly drivers, arguing public indifference to highway deaths must end and laws need stronger teeth.
A broad victory for pollsters as they accurately predicted Johnsons large win last week. The piece notes improved sampling and in depth surveys that countered 1948 miscalculations and discuss implications for electoral policy and candidate strategy.
The article argues the election era revealed a clash between extremism and consensus as defining the American way of life. It credits Lyndon Johnson as a pragmatically worldly harmonizer of conflicting interests, contrasting extremist doctrines with the enduring dream of negotiated conflict resolution. It notes the persistent belief in conciliation despite historic divides and the mystic chord memory invoked by Lincoln.
A reader is presented with a parody letter chain referencing C.S. Lewis and The Screwtape Letters. The text critiques moral manipulation and wartime rhetoric, framing a fictional correspondence where a devilish instructor advises a “patient” to build a loyal opposition and undermine virtue through political influence and deception. It cites a Bennington College symposium and a Goldwater Johnson vote anecdote to illustrate tactics and outcomes.
The article recalls a bygone era when coopers in a wooden shop by a stream produced three bushel apple barrels each winter. The water wheel powered the shop, with staves, grooves, and hoops cut by hand. Farm boys visited for barrels as markets shifted to cartons and bags.
In the wake of a landslide, Republicans face soul searching and a redefinition of policy. Edward Brooke and John Lindsay emerge as leaders who press for pragmatic solutions such as Manpower Retraining. Brooke urges a 1965 GOP national convention to steer the party toward the people’s needs.
Lawrence Larrrowe, District Superintendent of the Methodist Church, argues the book None Dare Call It Treason misquotes sources such as Adult Student and Workers With Youth to distort Christianity and oppose communism. He insists on fair readings of Methodist literature and urges truthful public discourse.
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