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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily excluding Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The Plymouth hijacking of 1.5 million dollars raised questions about the security of cash transport. The piece notes the use of an ordinary panel truck with minimal armed protection and calls for better safeguards, including whether Post Office and Federal Reserve supervision should be strengthened to prevent future outrages.
A Vermont writer retraces the legend of a gold mine on the Bromley side of Landgrove Peru, pursuing clues with Charles Doll and Arnold Waite. Though no mine was found, the expedition yields a rich portrait of local history and the elder guide who preserves its memory.
A congressional hearing on satellite progress features Sen Stuart Symington and Edward R Murrow debating the moon project cost estimates from 9 to 20 billion dollars. The piece weighs risks of a crash program versus aiming for Kennedy’s decade end goal and explores psychological and military implications of a Russian moon visit.
An opinion column notes the Senate’s bill to ensure equal pay for women could anger business leaders over added costs and perceived interference. It argues passage would mobilize 24 million working women and sympathetic nonworkers in an election year, while failure risks backlash.
The piece argues that Latin America’s fate hinges on rapid economic development and U S aid through the Alliance for Progress. It warns that failure could empower Communists and that democratic gains exist despite military setbacks in Peru Argentina and Brazil. The key question is how funds will be used to broaden shared growth.
Hal Boyle surveys how to explain life on earth to aliens and imagines a Hello Kit with books, records, symbols, and everyday items to convey civilization. He muses on the need for mutual understanding as space exploration grows and suggests a humorous, universal kit of artifacts and documents.
Vermont State Rep. Philip H. Hoff argues at a Randolph Farm Industry Field Day that a modern educational system, with good schools and skilled graduates, attracts industry. President Kennedy notes that arts success requires hard work and long discipline, not solitude or inspiration.
Secretary of Defense McNamara says the Soviet double orbit does not justify changes to US military or space programs. NASA head James Webb cautions against crashing to a moon race, citing cost and impact on military efforts. The article notes Air Force officers advocating a broader military space program despite McNamara’s stance. A separate car crash report follows with witnesses and a joking driver.
A Charleston family moving north faced concern over mixed-race classrooms. After the first day at the new school, their children said they had lunch with Negro children, explaining they wanted to avoid eating with Yankees.
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