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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The piece argues President Kennedy’s disarmament proposals, carried by Ambassador Arthur Dean, should be tested internationally. It condemns GOP vetoes led by Rockefeller Dirksen and Halleck, notes Khrushchev’s likely rejection, and urges a brave, open debate toward mutual deterrence end and peaceful compromise.
A fisherman recalls a damp April outing with Ford Robbins near West Arlington where trout rose dimpling the water yet resisted capture. The note lists practical tips from fly paper baiting to boot ventilation and details the 1962 hunting season for woodcock rails gallinules and Wilsons snipe with bag limits and shooting hours.
The piece laments Marilyn Monroe death with a mordant tone and editorial critique. It contrasts Parker and Monroe front pages, notes Monroe's wartime morale contributions, questions fame and mental disturbance, and ends with a cynical remark about secretaries and husbands.
Washington report highlights about 20 candidates running on a peace platform disarmament and nuclear testing endgame. Prominent figures include Harvard historian Stuart Hughes in Massachusetts and several California hopefuls with Democratic support. The movement spreads from Iowa to New Hampshire as activists push free-society choice against escalating arms and fallout concerns.
Harley Procter was renowned as a skilled coachman in Williamstown where his stable housed 40 driving horses. He challenged macadam road expansion by offering to fund roadwork to keep horse transportation viable, but the town declined and he left Williamstown in disgrace. Procter died in New York on May 17, 1920, at 75, marking the end of an era as automobiles rose.
West Germany France and Japan show slower growth while the United States debates how to spur expansion Amid mixed signals from stock markets and industry officials analysts weigh policy ideas as non Communist nations face slower investment and rising troubles in the Soviet Union and China
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