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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont excluding Sundays and holidays.
The Senate investigations subcommittee probes profits in missile space contracts amid a $16 billion yearly program. Douglas Aircraft cited 44.3 percent profit on Nike work, while others claim 1.5 percent after taxes. The panel seeks changes to contract setting to curb inflated margins and ensure efficient, honest spending.
Elisabethville hosts 42000 Baluba refugees amid Congo secession turmoil. Camps become bargaining chips for Tshombe supporters and Central Government allies, as UN aid and Kenyan-born leaders navigate tribalism and political interests.
An analysis argues the Secret Army Organization OAS is doomed as its brutality to force a French army intervention in Algeria backfires. It notes widespread revulsion among Muslims and even some European supporters, predicting the Algerian Nationalists’ discipline will determine the outcome and that the OAS faces death throes.
Town Rep William Jay Smith of Pownal critiqued Vermont and its legislature in a Williams College talk titled A Poet Looks At Politics. He mocks Vermont as small and poor, notes colorful myths, and cites Gov Keyser's address as sleepy while praising his own anti capital punishment stance. He contrasts Vermont with Massachusetts issues and jests at national figures like John Glenn.
In Washington four years ago an interview with Mr K revealed deep ideological and emotional conflict between Russians and Chinese within the Communist camp. The piece traces long standing national interests, noting tensions between Peiping and Moscow as Russia expands toward the Pacific and China moves north into Manchuria and Mongolia.
The Kennedy administration has few major bills approved after three months in 1962. Only two major programs passed both houses and were signed, while many proposals stall in committees or survive in one chamber. The Senate approved bonds for the UN and postal rate boosts, with other items awaiting House action and possible compromises.
A reader argues that broad wealth and dependence on stores erode independence. Surplus labor must find subsistence through self sufficiency, not government tax cures. He credits local papers for space to discuss practical routes to reestablish independent living in southern Vermont. Pownal.
A nurse notes arthritis in a middle aged man and his wife retorts with a humorous twist saying he should manage it himself with concrete blocks, highlighting a dry humor moment in the medical setting.
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