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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The detention of Yale professor Frederick C Barghoorn on espionage charges provokes fears of a deliberate Soviet disruption of the U S Soviet cultural exchange program. The incident risks derailing upcoming negotiations and chilling travel by American scholars and artists to the Soviet Union.
Discussion on hazards of X rays and radium in medicine, referencing Lewis Mumford and Richard Judd, with cautions about background radiation, Faustus allegory, and the burden of prolonging life while managing societal costs and ethical responsibility.
House Commerce subcommittee hearings on FCC limits to commercials reveal lawmakers skeptical of restricting broadcasters. Representative Cunningham denounces FCC as a mischievous young man and expresses embarrassment that broadcasters must come before Congress.
Congressman Rogers pushes a bill to bar FCC limits on commercials prompting hearings with broadcasting industry spokesmen praising the measure and criticizing regulation. Broadcasters claim few complaints about ads while the public pressures the FCC to protect airwaves in the face of congressional scrutiny.
The American Rifleman calls attention to mail-order gun sales via mail and ads in comics, urging tighter federal controls. Proposals would require licenses, sworn age and eligibility statements, and carrier notices for interstate handgun shipments to curb access by minors criminals and mentally unstable buyers while protecting lawful gun owners.
The New York Herald Tribune notes Mr. Hoffa’s plan for truck drivers to be paid when dispatched by rail under a piggyback system. It argues this would create widespread featherbedding where wage earners pay others and more workers ride for free, shifting costs and incentives.
An American businessman with four decades in Europe argues realism prompts the United States to rethink policy toward Russia. He notes younger Russians seek more personal freedom and a better life, while Khrushchev shifts focus to economic and regional diversions and potential deals with West Germany or the United States.
The article outlines Cambodian leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk's shifting neutrality amid U S efforts to hold South Vietnam. Washington fears Cambodia may cut U S aid and align with Beijing, as Red China promises friendship while Sihanouk wields hedging diplomacy.
A letter to the editor argues against hand gun registration and new gun laws. The writer criticizes Sullivan Law style "teeth" and supports strict enforcement of existing laws, citing the Federal Firearms Act and issues with mail order guns. The writer endorses the American Rifleman editorial on firearm policy.
A reader letter from The Cape Codder recalls a humorous typographical error in last week’s edition claiming the Harwich High School auditorium lobby contains a birth seat for students. The correction clarifies the intended word and notes no change in educational standards.
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