Editorial: Reform and Guns Do Not Mix
The Bennington Banner argues against cutting foreign aid while criticizing military support for Latin America. It says military aid props up entrenched elites, undermines reform efforts, and risks U.S. aims, urging diplomacy and conditional aid tied to social reform to avoid conflicting goals. It cites Peru’s democratic setback and an American trained officer's role.
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House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Executive Branch
Haile Selassie
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Peru
Flies and their stubborn foes in a kitchen swarm
A humorous North Bennington column explains why flies are difficult to swat and examines the wide fly family. It notes their nuisance and disease risk, jokes about space and Khrushchev, and concludes that only a dead fly is useful, while a folded newspaper often ends the chase.
Advertising and the evolving persuasion of buyers
The article traces the rise of advertising from early fashion fads to motivational research and endorsements. It notes the FTC crackdown on subliminal tactics, cites campaigns by Chase Manhattan and Hanover, and highlights high budgets for Procter and Gamble and General Motors, ending with Aldous Huxley’s view on ad persuading masses.
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Madison Avenue
Endorsements, Inc
Federal Trade Commission
Chase Manhattan
Hanover
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Schrafft’s
Gordon’s Gin
Proctor and Gamble
General Motors
John Wanamaker
Aldous Huxley
Interstate Highways Bring Opportunity and Loss to Towns
The piece argues that while interstate highways boost some commerce at intersecting routes, many local motels gas stations and shops along parallel streets lose business. It notes vacancy signs persist late and smaller establishments struggle as through traffic speeds past. A reader quote emphasizes cautious pride in progress.
Castro Seen Safe, Castro Fall Seen Possible Only If Pushed
A Trinidad report notes Latin American observers doubt Castro will die in Cuba's turmoil. While conditions worsen, the regime grows more entrenched. hunger rises and reform promises fade as the army remains loyal. Salvador de Madariaga urges OAS action. but the key point remains Castro will fall only if he is pushed.
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Fidel
Latin America
Washington
Castro
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Organization of American States
Salvador de Madariaga
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Red China
Storms Over Supreme Court Size and History of Changes
The piece reviews how the Supreme Court size changed seven times from six to five to six to seven to nine to ten to seven to nine, noting political motives and key figures. It traces early acts, Jeffersonian and Federalist clashes, circuit needs, Civil War politics, Reconstruction, and Roosevelt’s 1937 court enlargement debate. The article cites Frankfurter, Marshall, Lincoln, and Roosevelt.
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Washington
Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Congress
Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
White House
Frankfurter
Harvard
Ohio
Congres
California
Lincoln
Stephen J. Field
Roosevelt
Reader urges Vermont education aid reform details
Letter to The Banner by W Arthur Simpson of Lyndonville explains a proposed state aid to education plan. It outlines Tax Equalization Authority Basic Foundation Program Flat Grant Local Effort and Equalization with assumed benefits for towns and cities including all towns and cities likely to gain while some see lower tax expense.
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Legislative Commission
Vermont State School Directors Association
Vermont
W. Arthur Simpson
Lyndonville
Woman mistake on road safety line tale
A license clerk asks a woman for the meaning of the white line on the road. She hesitates and quips that it is for bicycles. The anecdote appears in the Wall Street Journal.
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Wall Street Journal
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