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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
A columnist argues against the double standard in criminal justice, condemning harsh police tactics that lead to confessions. It praises Supreme Court limits on police prayers on access to counsel, notes England’s silent-rights success, and says stronger station-house protections improve justice despite possible guilty suspects walking free.
The piece surveys Lyndon Johnson’s billboard ban proposal and Vermont gains from beautification efforts, notes County Probation Officer Dan Holland’s expanding caseload with new staffer William Dolt, and discusses shifting polling places in North Bennington with town efficacy and access in mind. It ends with light quotes from Danville and Powell River.
Washington faces a Republican dilemma as Lind struggles against Beame in New York while the party barons back Beame. Bliss’s rebuild stalls amid Goldwater tensions and Eisenhower era fallout. Private outlook: Democrats gain seats, Republicans struggle to win a Senate stalemate. Lyndon Johnson remains a pivotal national player shaping the political map.
A historic interurban once ran from Hoosick Falls NY to Bennington VT and on to North Adams and Pittsfield before fading after 1922. The Berkshire Street Railway connected four states with a two summer run to Boston in 1917 and 1918, leaving faded rails as relics and memories of a slow electric travel era.
In Stresa Italy Arthur Goldberg pushes exporting Johnson's Great Society to other nations, but European economists call it "carrying coals to Newcastle." They note Europe already has Beveridge plans and social programs like Medicare, while UK policies emphasize markets and voluntary welfare. The piece questions whether promoting the Great Society abroad helps, given cash costs and differing political economies.
The Chewelah Washington independent notes a humorous observation on how age changes perspective on childhood travel, joking that the older a man grows the farther his boyhood walk to school seems.
A columnist recounts testing an eight setting adjustable razor for weeks. He finds no single setting suits his skin or beard and tries many schemes, ultimately concluding the dial causes indecision and delay. He ends by deciding he must grow a beard.
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