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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 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.
The piece argues that despite gubernatorial results, 1965 could usher reforms in state government. It links reapportionment to stricter rules and efficiency, notes past resistance, and highlights both parties backing annual sessions and a legislative reference bureau. The GOP favors a legislative council while the Democrats seek workload reduction by delegating regulatory tasks to agencies.
The text argues for legislative reforms to streamline operations, including annual sessions with fixed cutoffs, and to improve budgeting by forecasting one year at a time. It highlights the 1965 legislature's leadership role, naming Franklin S. Billings Jr. as the pivotal figure to revive reforms.
The Johnson administration prepares for China’s likely first nuclear test and warns of a global shock. It urges expanding the test ban to underground tests, isolating potential clubs, and US USSR and Britain to curb spread of nuclear know-how to buy time for countermeasures, to avert a probable world holocaust.
Washington notes Lyndon Johnson mirrors Franklin Roosevelt in cadence and strategy as he tours the nation. The article argues his crowd appeal stems from optimism, a homespun persona, and a focus on three core themes of peace prosperity and unity.
A Cairo summit of 47 governments in Asia Africa and the Middle East adopted a resolution demanding the United States abandon its Cuba naval base and lift the blockade. The group labeled non aligned is criticized as pro Soviet, while Indonesia led a pro imperialist stance opposing Indian nuclear diplomacy.
Sam Ogden reviews Edinburgh, call Auld Reekie, noting chill grey morning, grand Rock and Castle, and crowded streets. He observes tourists from Britain and Ireland, Indians in saris, tea shops, and a Crown Hotel tea service, then muses on Mary Queen of Scots and dining customs.
Letters criticize owners builders and engineers for ignorance of fire laws. State Fire Marshal William H. Baumann cites rules requiring submittal of plans for public buildings and places of assembly with penalties up to 400 dollars. He signs Montpelier Vermont.
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