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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
Editorial notes that discrimination, poverty, and neglect fueled Watts unrest, not mere lawlessness. It quotes critics on police racism, Mayor Yorty and Chief Parker, and argues outside ignorance of Watts worsened the crisis. It observes Watts as a migratory, neglected community drawing little civil rights activity.
Bennington and several county election districts show a lack of announced candidates for the fall legislature race. Only the Manchester district has a single announced candidate, Daulton Mann Jr. of Peru, amid a broader drought of political contenders. The note highlights a tennis clinic boosting youth interest and calls for public courts and broader recreation funding at Memorial Park or a new area.
Time Magazine cites connections between servants and civilization and notes the U.S. built the world’s first middle class with unprecedented leisure while becoming a servantless society. It recalls J. P. Morgan on leisure and quotes sociologist Paul W. Brown on the servantless household’s significance.
The no-strings plan or automatic ratio sharing of federal revenues to states gains support as a way to curb fiscal drag. Proponents contrast it with existing grants in aid and argue decentralization could boost state initiative and reduce bureaucratic complexity.
A UPI letter from Dick West recounts a man using a spray deodorant for eyelid odor protection and later for an in-car deodorizing fix after a car sickness incident. He describes spray method details and a humorous experiment on a 7,000 mile trip with family, highlighting the product in an unintended home and vehicle use context.
Elizabeth Dwyer discusses Memorial Day and Labor Day road safety, citing CBS tests on defensive driving, driver training, and experience. She argues younger drivers often have sharper reflexes but speed remains the chief risk, urging courteous driving and humility to reduce highway hazards.
The piece argues Nixon and Bela Fabian have accurately foresaw Soviet trends over the 1950s and 1960s, noting errors by CIA and others. It cites predictions about Russian economic shifts, grain crises, Libermanism, peasant land rights, and eventual political changes, concluding both Nixon and Fabian are solid prophets.
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