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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The piece argues the CIA damages democracy by engaging in covert actions. It cites the U2 incident and Bay of Pigs as prior harms and notes the agency pays Vietnamese special forces to wage the Diem regime's private war against Buddhists, undercutting official government condemnation.
The piece argues Washington denies CIA be havior in Saigon while officials avoid public denial. It calls the Vietnamese special forces a Diem regime private army and urges cutting financial support. It criticizes U S democracy for blunt foreign intrigue and the CIA’s unchecked power amid daunting international issues.
A New York Planning Commission vote supports creating a 10 mile oceanfront park in Breezy Point Queens. If the Board of Estimate approves funding the project could become the city’s largest park expansion in decades, though costs may run from 60 million to triple that amount due to private development on the land. The column argues foresight in land acquisition saves public funds and warns against repeated delays in urban public land purchases.
The Atlantic recounts the autumn 1962 meeting at the Black Sea resort Gagra between Robert Frost and Nikita Khrushchev, with F D Reeve as interpreter. Frost urged ending Berlin bickering and propaganda, stressing power balance over ideologies. He called Khrushchev both enemy and great man and warned for a nuclear war averted by balance.
A reflective piece praising early September for its golden light and changing colors. The author muses on the mood, sunsets, and harvest scenes with gardens, tomatoes, and kitchen windows, contrasting beauty with modern anxieties and inviting a hopeful September in heaven.
In Vermont communities Arlington and Pownal rally to aid neighbors after fires. Beams of labor, money, food, clothing, and furniture flow from residents as the cold no doubt tests all, yet the shared suffering strengthens bonds and shows a humane side beyond any harsh stereotype.
AP analysis notes Gov. George Wallace keeps Alabama heated with defiance of federal desegregation orders and Bible reading in schools. He retreats when federal force is used, then revives the act to bolster his image as a separatist while districts implement desegregation under court orders.
A Banner reader describes a bluebird nesting lesson observed at a Arlington yard with eight birds present. The mother demonstrates placing grasses into a bluebird house while the young bird imitates the action, prompting praise from the flock.
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