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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1964
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The Chrysler UAW agreement is praised as constructive and likely to prevent a prolonged strike at the Big Three. A long walkout would hurt industry sales and workers, who face reduced benefits during a strike. The settlement without government intervention supports private bargaining and a three-year industry-wide labor peace.
The union management agreement adds relief time for assembly-line workers and higher health benefits while pensions reach new highs. It ties wage settlements to 4.7 percent above current industry costs, exceeding the 3.2 percent productivity guideline, amid record auto profits. Inflationary pressure loomed as car prices were not reduced to reflect profits.
Washington notes Bobby Kennedy draws huge crowds in New York while voters weigh his candidacy. Skeptics accuse the campaign of stage management and ambition, pitting Kennedy against Keating and Miller. Rockefeller backs Keating. mass appeal could reshape party fortunes and erase state lines.
The Bennington Rod and Gun Club schedules three September gatherings. An annual meeting in Shaftsbury rounds up officers and directors. A family field day on Sept 20 features rifle and trap ranges plus a 1.50 all you can eat meal. Sept 24 in West Arlington features Vermont Fish and Game official Day speaks on the deer herd.
Capitol Jottings notes a heated fight as Babcock backs sales tax, Snelling drops right to work, and Hoff and Foote wage a sharp statewide contest. Vermont voters face a ding-dong battle with strong rhetoric, after primary night saw attacks on Snelling and party strategy unsettled.
The Geneva conference signals the shift to nuclear power as a practical energy source. In New England the Yankee Atomic Rowe plant proves price parity with fossil fuels, with Haddam CT planned. Oyster Creek in New Jersey and GE construction illustrate nationwide momentum toward a growing nuclear industry. International progress spans Great Britain, the Soviet Union, Western Europe, Japan and India. By 1980 nuclear power could supply a substantial share of world energy.
Burlington Free Press argues lawmakers twice granted Green Mountain Park a larger share of betting handle amid rising wagers of 7.1 million from June 18 to July 25. The paper contends the state forewent about 170 thousand dollars by changing the split, lamenting lost revenue for Vermont.
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