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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Editorial notes Shaftsbury residents voted Tuesday to withdraw from the Mt Anthony Union School District, arguing it was the easier path to criticize rather than help. The piece warns the move will likely raise taxes and force Shaftsbury into a costly North Bennington Norshaft High School alternative, with potential lower quality and fewer educational options.
Shaftsbury chooses to join the Mt Anthony district with tuition payments, risking higher costs and no guaranteed Shaftsbury students admission, while losing representation on the union school board. The piece laments the impact on Shaftsbury children and notes Hoover's death at 90, praising his humanitarian service and public life.
The Vermont political scene is lightened by a Republican challenge to a Democrat to a playful interparty dance, as observers note the campaign’s grim seriousness and the crowd’s appetite for humor. The piece praises Governor Shaking up Montpelier and argues for a further two years to see what policies ripen.
The Madison Messenger notes Britain's narrow four-seat Labor victory leaves Harold Wilson with a fragile majority. With a near 50 50 vote and potential reversals on key issues, Britain risks crippling stalemate as it faces inflation, a trade deficit, European integration, multilateral nuclear forces, and domestic plans like steel and city-building land nationalization, challenging the UK US partnership. The piece warns that a divided Parliament curtails bold policy and strong alliance actions.
National affairs analysis condemns nuclear weapons and calls for global restraint. It cites Nagasaki and Hiroshima casualties as proof of civilian impact and questions talk of disarmament while arsenals remain intact. The piece contrasts Soviet bloc oppression with Western democracies and urges bold encouragement of free elections.
Washington features a humorous column recounting how hurricane names are chosen and tracing the obscure claim that the word hurricane predates Columbus by 200 years among the Taino. The piece toys with myths, jokes about Ursula and reverse alphabets, and ends with a Time Magazine quotation from Richard Cardinal Cushing.
The essay argues that Khrushchev’s fall and China’s nuclear test force the United States to reassess its stance toward Moscow and Peking. It urges avoiding a unified hostile nuclear bloc, pursuing coexistence, and extending deterrence while exploring diverse Western diplomacy within the Communist world.
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