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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont. The notice details the paper's schedule and publishing rights in local market.
The piece argues the Cuban exile raid on Havana was a political boon for Castro, calling it comic opera and a breach of U S neutrality. It urges stricter vigilance to prevent similar zeal driven actions and critiques government leniency toward exiles.
Shaftsbury and Bennington in Vermont trace a history from 1769 land grants through Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys to William Lloyd Garrison. The piece argues small towns can shape global issues like nuclear disarmament by study, debate, and action, urging citizens to defend freedom amid modern threats.
Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, the famed Black Eagle of Harlem, is detained by U.N. forces in Leopoldville for selling munitions to Katanga's Tshombe. The Congo arrest follows a career of daring stunts and crashes from World War I to postwar ventures. Gardiner denounces him for arming those who threaten Africans’ lives, while Julian’s history spans parachuting, air ministry service, and multiple crashes.
In Washington the call for strong leadership grows as Congress nears session end. Senate leaders Mansfield and Kerr are weighed against Johnson and the President, while House Speaker McCormack faces a loyalist, Rayburn’s shadow, and internal party strains amid looming votes.
Clifford B. Harwood, M D of Manchester Center urges Vermonters to attend the Vermont Freedom Forum in Barre on Sept 8. He notes contrasts between Soviet and American life and calls for investment in future freedom, with advance registration ending Aug 31 and programs from the Forum office in Montpelier.
Elsie M. Ehrich of South Shaftsbury thanks The Banner editor for the Aug 21 piece arguing that West Berlin’s fury over the Wall incident was self-defeating and urges more editorials in the same vein.
A compilation of brief quotes discusses teaching machines and universal education, civil liberties and government power, compulsory health insurance and master doctors, American conformity to government, and President Kennedy urging active national engagement. Notable names include Spencer Klaw John C. Satterfield Jean-Robert Debray Ralph A. Foote and John F Kennedy.
The U S debt has risen above 300 billion dollars marking a peak for the year. Managing this debt proves colossal as it shifts daily, affects interest rates and financing across government, corporate, mortgage and personal debt sectors, and requires careful debt distribution among investors. The Treasury faces ongoing rollovers, bond swaps, and short term bills as it both borrows and pays down debt, while political and economic forecasts hinge on possible tax cuts and recession risks.
Dudley Stamp’s wife Elsa dies after a long illness and a folded death notice in the Times asks No mourning, please. Stamp says she wanted friends to know how easily she went, and he approved the brief, private tribute.
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