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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont. This record notes the paper's publishing cadence and corporate address.
Lt. Gov. Ralph Foote captured 43 percent of GOP votes to secure the Vermont Republican nomination. Viewed as a victory for moderates, Foote’s middle ground platform aims to appeal to the party’s centrist voters and build toward retaking the State House from Democrats. He enjoys strong organizational backing across towns and cities.
Foote’s win makes him the strongest challenger to Democratic Gov. Philip Hoff and sets up a decisive campaign in Vermont. The sales tax issue remains a central pressure point for the GOP as leaders push the levy as key to future development. Foote must unite the party and prepare for a demanding November battle.
The Somerset Spectator reprints Chester Ringheiser on Sam Black of Jamaica Vermont, whose two year civil rights effort in Mississippi offers a moving education on the Negro protest. The piece argues the era of Negro voice, argues for democratic practice of freedoms, and urges white majorities to extend rights responsibly. The Ballinger Ledger notes a marriage license limits to one dear.
The Kennedy Keating race faces Harlem's crisis as a national issue. The Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited and HARYOU ACT, backed by Clark study, seek to train 71 000 central Harlem youths and fund a plan totaling 118 million over three years, with Powell ally Livingston Wingate leading the program.
A retro stroll through The Vermont Echo of Oct 24 1895 reveals coal at $5 a ton chops 14 cents a pound and 13 pounds salt pork for a dollar. It notes trains to Bennington, theater ads, revival meetings, sulky and bicycle races, and advice columns about bloomers and poor relief while warning on fashionable attire and patent medicines.
A UPI column recalls an ad promoting sleep education by the Self-Development Research Foundation. It pitches subconscious learning via under pillow speakers and night tape records, claiming to use the third of life spent asleep. The writer jokes about college snooze and an old professor’s Fs on exams.
National debate centers on federal aid to parochial schools with views from President Johnson Senator Goldwater and Catholic authorities. Dr. Blum argues aid is constitutional and cites the GI Bill while Kennedy politics cited as shaping education policy raising cross over voting possibilities.
A joke entry notes rumors that Britain plans to sell the Rock of Gibraltar to France, with a parodic twist that the French would rename it De Gaulle Stone. The item appears in Family Weekly and is echoed by the Indianapolis News in a light humorous brief.
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