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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Editorial argues private property rights tempt Americans to resist government limits on land and housing. It cites leaders opposing discrimination clauses and cites Massachusetts Connecticut New York laws as threats to freedom, noting echoes of Goldwater and segregation era debates.
The piece rebuts arguments that private property owners may bar patrons based on race or status. It notes owners are bound by law through zoning and eminent domain, and that equal opportunity under the Constitution governs conduct.
President Kennedy tours conservation projects while Congress debates a National Wilderness Preservation system. The plan would place 8.2 million acres of national forest into wilderness and 57.2 million acres on a 10 year trial, with expansion subject to congressional approval. Proponents say the bill safeguards unspoiled land for future generations against private exploitation.
Martin Mayer argues that reforms in education feel disruptive and superficial unless they reshape how students learn to understand the world. He warns that over 95 percent of graduates are poorly equipped for a changing world and that schools must teach more than routine subjects, or risk disaster.
The President urges U.S. Soviet moon cooperation to keep the project scientific and not a race for headlines. He argues the 1970 deadline fostered showmanship and costly, risky goals, and proposes joint data sharing and exchange to preserve pure science over Cold War optics.
A Vermont letter discusses public opinion polls showing Elizabeth Taylor as a highly recognized figure, contrasts her fame with Rockefeller and Goldwater, and ends with a tongue in cheek suggestion that Republicans should nominate Taylor for president if Glenn leans Democrat. It notes education effects on recognition and comments on Cleopatra’s popularity and public morality.
Obituary recalls Willie Heston dying at 85, noting his 93 touchdowns for Fielding Yost at Michigan from 1901 to 1904. The piece highlights Yost and McGugin, early football wars, and a Nashville grocery-store potato and onion drill used to explain plays. It also mentions Heston’s later life and a nod to calls for civic courage against hate.
A Vermont reader defends civil rights activism and criticizes a letter writer while contrasting responses to integration and colonial liberation. The piece targets Mr Harrington and Mr Warfield for his sharp critique, praises peaceful dissent, and notes the March on Washington delegation’s role in advancing dignity amid national silence. A separate note derides hat fashion shifts and blames hat makers for narrow brims harming sales and social face.
A teenage student at a boarding school writes to demand food packs, complaining that meals are limited to breakfast lunch and dinner. The letter highlights hunger and calls for external aid to improve provisions.
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