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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1965
Page
4
Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The Vermont in Mississippi project led by Ted Seaver faces venomous assaults from radical rightists and alleged Communist-dominated civil rights groups. Letters in newspapers attack VIM’s meddling in Mississippi, while a VIM neighbor’s guild member is shot. VIM says the work is legal and aimed at helping impoverished Black communities improve themselves.
The piece argues that VIM fulfills a vital need and deserves support, while Mississippi’s resistance to civil rights is a national concern. It condemns labeling rights workers as Communist inspired, calls for voiced criticisms if valid, and warns such accusations threaten American freedom.
Editor notes praise Dave Brown and other local auxiliary police, mentions Mt Anthony Union High School naming after a board vote, questions Dr. Arthur Faris's dissent, suggests a name for the unnamed junior high, applauds women entering politics, and notes Bennington School District Inc. becoming a body politic with plans for growth and housing.
A collage of clipped opinions critiques lottery reporting and policy. The piece notes New Hampshire lottery odds favor the few while many lose money, cites billboard publicity and regional competition, and includes brief local quips and editorials from various papers.
Washington reports the House Agricultural Committee under Chairman Harold Cooley is allotting quotas to foreign sugar producers, boosting their shares by nearly four cents above world price. The subsidy, in effect since 1938, costs taxpayers about 1.6 billion dollars and raises domestic production while keeping foreign access.
Leila Thompson writes from Jackson Mississippi to thank supporters for prayers and aid after her husband the Rev Donald A Thompson was shot in the back near their home. She describes injuries including a smashed left shoulder blade two broken ribs a shoulder joint fracture and buckshot in shoulder and lung. She says he is not to have surgery and is recovering with optimistic outlook under medical care.
The author muses on generating weekly outdoors copy with no current ideas, notes duck season regulations confusion over duck stamps, describes Jeep trips to Sucker Pond, contemplates funding trips to Alaska or Chile for material, plans a Quebec fishing trip, and lists local events including a Sandgate shoot and the Bannington Rod and Gun Club meeting. He hints at sparse bear hunting results and reflects on deadlines for next week’s column.
A critical look at how prewar small towns are portrayed in memoirs and histories. The piece notes strengths in Autobiography and profiles of places like Enid Oklahoma Vermont Waterbury and Chimayo New Mexico while condemning A Vanishing America for overemphasis on formal history. It praises John K. Hutchens One Man's Montana as a stronger evocation of local life and asks whether the small town ethos can endure amid modern change.
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