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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The Court, ruling that state courts must provide counsel for defendants who cannot afford it, sent a Florida appeal back for reconsideration in light of the decision. It avoided a clear ruling on retroactivity, though implications could require retrials for thousands previously convicted without lawyers. The decision raises questions of costs, logistics, and fairness as former defendants may seek new trials.
The New York Mirror shuts down after 39 years, ending a 1,600 employee operation. The paper topped 800,000 copies daily but critics say it offered entertainment over information, mirroring trashy gossip more than public affairs.
The Reverend Francis E. Mahaffy argues that true justice is a state function, blind to status and protected by force. He warns that expanding justice to include social or economic redistribution through law corrupts the concept and undermines individual rights.
A rural tale describes Injun summer as spirits of Indigenous people returning each autumn. The speaker urges listeners to walk at night and see ghost tepees and campfires across the fields, noting war paint and whispers in the leaves. The passage blends superstition with seasonal imagery.
The article surveys 17th and 18th century Vermont and New England home brews linked to October tradition. It cites switches quenching haymakers with a ginger vinegar drink and raspberry shrub recipes, notes cider and wines from elderberry to dandelion, and recalls a family tonic from The Yankee Cook Book.
Tourists flock to Williamsburgs restored Governor's Palace and Allen Byrd house as Rockefeller gifts push value of antiques higher. Tito visit highlights 18th century life versus modern politics while experts warn automation threatens thousands of U.S. jobs weekly. Roy Wilkins and Robert Heilbroner offer contrasting views on race and society.
A new industry grows to aid quitting smoking as medical views link smoking to cancer and other diseases. Sales of cigarettes rise despite quit aids in books and drug stores with products from Niko lian Ban-Smoke No bacco and more. Tobacco ads retreat from colleges and minors are being blocked by vending-machine rules. Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo experiments with tobaccoless cigarettes and an NIH style quit clinic.
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