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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont, excluding Sundays and holidays.
Whitney M. Young Jr. notes a shift in hiring as industries seek qualified Black workers. In three months 60,000 new hires by 115 firms under Plans for Progress include nearly 25 percent Negro hires, a record far above prior norms, reflecting the public focus on racial injustice.
An editorial argues auto makers should promote safety rather than horsepower and racing. It cites studies from Public Service Research Inc and Cornell showing varying car safety and calls for public release of findings to help buyers and manufacturers reduce fatalities and injuries. The piece ends with brief, unrelated quotes from small papers.
The piece argues a third education system, dominated by industry, spends over 4 billion annually on training while public schools consume about 20 billion. It warns of a growing disadvantaged class and urges coordinated reform among public, private, and industrial education to avert social and political disaster.
Americans seek to expand exports despite a long stagnant trade with the Soviet Union. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will study new policy options. Key issues include dollar flows, gold payments, and mutual interest in consumer goods amid limited Soviet purchases and wartime debts.
A letter from Prof Henry S Commager of Amherst College demands an apology for a Sept 27 Spark. The author defends the Galaxy edition of Tocqueville, apologizes for overreach, and urges clear warning of abridgement while noting omitted passages.
A letter from Irving Adler defends free speech amid McCarthy era fear and cites Jefferson the Bill of Rights and Union pressures. A second reader laments civil rights hotel rules while seeking a humorous solution involving a white city child and a private eye TV satire.
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