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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner informs readers it is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The editorial disputes Edwin Benjamin Jr. claims that Vermont lags in tourist business, noting rising dollar volume and broader travel growth. It argues Benjamin presents misleading statistics and warns against turning the Development Department into promotional hucksterism, urging a long term constructive program.
An analysis notes little chance of cancelling atmospheric nuclear tests in the United States spring program. The Kennedy administration faces pressure from peace groups, yet the President remains firm, awaiting Soviet concessions while internal debates over test limits continue and activists urge restraint to minimize radioactive fallout.
The Vermont inquiry questions law on gambling by contrasting moral views with state practice. It argues laws target compulsive bettors while church and charity gambling is allowed, and warns that crackdowns address effects, not underlying causes, echoing Prohibition lessons.
Former House speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr of Massachusetts remains the representative for Massachusetts 14th District. He says he bears no bitterness about being ousted, credits health and perspective to retirement from leadership, and continues serving with a pragmatic, philosophical outlook.
The Isle of Man is described as a British dependency famed for kippers and a growing casino proposal to attract visitors. Its government is the Tynwald with Norse origins, lawmaking in Douglas, and a small population maintaining customs, language, and tailless cats alongside horse trams and a tourist economy.
A collage of trivia notes spans Easter origins, cooking advances, student costs, and random facts. It covers the meaning of Easter, eggs as a worldwide custom, shifting weights of buildings, Mint scales, patent output, and gender humor observations.
In Boston a reporter’s wife Shirlee Eames quips she applied for an Oriental dancer job as a gag after an advertiser sought performers for the Dutch Boy Grille. She never kept the appointment, and her husband jokes about bringing friends to see her. Other items note London reporters in Boston for a boxing match and city Navy boat rent. In Amesbury a town clerk finds 19th century vital papers, including Whittier burial records, pressed from a cellar with a clothes iron.
Washington reports the Red Chinese leadership concedes overambitious aims and three years of calamities yet shows no weakness. Premier Chou En-lai outlines food shortages and commune criticism while rejecting abandonment, pledging production improvements and rural resettlement. Foreign policy remains hostile toward the West and American imperialism.
A man boasts shaving in the morning makes him feel ten years younger. His wife quips that shaving at night would achieve the same effect, turning the moment into a lighthearted household joke.
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