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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates under Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont publishing daily editions except Sundays and holidays ensuring regular local news delivery.
Vermont faces explosive debates over reapportionment and redistricting as town lines shift historically. The piece notes district consolidations and union districts, urges statewide planning, and argues larger districts could improve efficiency in schools taxes highways and state government.
The President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity blocked Comet Rice Mills and another firm from federal contracts until they end discriminatory hiring. Comet employs Afro Americans only in unskilled roles with lower pay and segregated facilities, prompting the action as a landmark use of civil rights power to hit discriminatory practices in the pocketbook.
The piece analyzes the expression only too pleased as a negative form and overused in casual talk. It argues the phrase implies excess delight and can undermine genuine agreement while noting it may convey courtesy but rarely true enthusiasm.
Admiral Hyman Rickover argues U S education lags Swiss standards due to local control and weak national aims. The review notes his call for national standards and a federal reform approach, while praising some signs of progress in districts and collaboration.
The piece rails against loud radio commercials invading daily listening. It notes progress against subliminal ads and overbearing time slots but laments persistent blaring ads disrupting a commuter’s weather and music, urging action from regulators like Newton Minow.
The Bennington hatchery team led by Supt. Robert Keir stocked waters in Bennington Windham Windsor and Rutland counties with over 17 000 trout moved from winter holdings. Local clubs and staff including Frank Snow Jr Joe Gore Clark Green and Al Dunican assist as fish are released into South Stream Walloomsac Brook Walloomsac River and Battenkill. The Bennington hatchery also holds about 150 000 trout ready for stocking with more to come this season.
A New York AP piece explains how modern offices treat borrowing as a survival skill. It inventories typical borrowers such as Pompous Paul who seeks loans for leverage, Phobic Phil who borrows compulsively, Willie the Weeper who borrows cars, and Ambrose the Abstainer who borrows cigarettes to save money.
FAXON BOWEN argues the old CCC failed due to bureaucratic enmity and lack of tools. He proposes a modern, self sustaining program with army discipline and civilian leadership to train youth, cultivate land, build housing, and repay government over time, claiming immediate land value gains and welfare relief savings.
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