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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Editorial notes the Kennedy administration's success as Congress approves a constitutional amendment banning poll taxes for federal elections. It argues the reform is modest, noting literacy tests as a deeper tool of disenfranchisement and urging more aggressive action against legal discrimination beyond poll taxes.
The essay muses that sweet fern Maurica asplenifolia embodies a fading nostalgia as modern travel and communications alter perception. It recalls sunlit paths, country stores, and the scent that halted travelers, suggesting August’s breath remains unchanged even as roads and time accelerate.
The piece argues the Western alliance shows a lack of initiative amid the Berlin crisis. It blames power struggles in Bonn Paris London and Washington, noting Adenauer De Gaulle Macmillan and Kennedy face fragile positions as Berlin tensions rise.
The piece profiles John Rogers of Wilmington Vermont who runs what may be the only traveling barbershop in the United States. His 15-foot trailer serves towns Wilmington Jacksonville Jamaica Newfane and Townsend weekly, moving from lot to lot with a full chair, water, lounge, and magazines.
In Orange County Vermon t a village near the Ompompanoosuc River people will honor Justin Smith Morrill as his Strafford home becomes a registered National Historic Landmark. The Morrill Act’s centennial, Morrill’s career in Congress, and his contributions to the Library of Congress and public grounds are highlighted.
A business analysis notes profit as a contested measure with management viewing profits as profit per unit while labor seeks higher wages and government weighs tax receipts and inflation. It highlights steel as a case where rising labor costs and price limits fuel a profit squeeze, with implications for hiring and investment.
A group of Southern senators blocks judgeships by denying hearings for Kennedy nominees J Lindsay Almond and Thurgood Marshall. Byrd and Eastland, claiming senatorial courtesy, delay referrals to subcommittees, undermining fair hearings and challenging the balance of executive and legislative powers.
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