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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1962
Page
3
John A. McCone, 60, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, married Mrs. Paul Pigott in Seattle. Mrs. Pigott was widow of Seattle industrialist Paul Pigott, who died in January 1961. they had six children, all married. McCone's wife died in December 1961. the two families have been longtime friends.
The Maxmillians of Pownal Julia and John visit Alaska from Idlewild Airport Aug 18 landing in Anchorage after eight hours. They tour Mt. McKinley and proceed to Fairbanks Vancouver and Seattle for the World's Fair. Vermont Quaker weddings are highlighted with Barbara Allen and John Irving Kennedy Aug 10 1957 in Burlington and Clare Marshall and Bernard G. O Shea Aug 18 in Burlington.
Lottie Amadon of East Pownal, age 84, known as Grandma Lot, remains The Banner’s oldest subscriber. She recalls husband Egbert H. Amidon in 1907 starting rural free delivery and the horse drawn wagon delivering the paper. The Barber School on Amadon land closes as students move to Center School, and Amadon plans to leave the building unused.
New York education commissioner James E. Allen Jr rules the Star-Spangled Banner cannot be used as an official school prayer but may be sung read or recited as the national anthem. He permits periods of silence for meditation and says teaching about religions is acceptable though not religion instruction. The Hicks ville Board of Education action making the anthem a school prayer was deemed illegal.
UPI reports 72 113 foreign students faculty and scholars in the United States in 1961 62, a record high. The Institute of International Education notes an 8 5 percent year over year gain with foreign student numbers up 10 percent and faculty up 52 percent. Canada leads origins, followed by India and Nationalist China. Asia supplies 37 percent of students. More than 5 500 professors and scholars from abroad are affiliated with U S colleges and universities.
Ambrose Chimamu a 32 year old formation specialist from Livingstone Northern Rhodesia arrived in Bennington with County Agricultural Agent John Page for a week long visit sponsored by the U S Department of Agriculture He plans to study 4 H clubs and extension service use and will spend four days at Albert Horst farm in West Bennington observing operations and life He will attend Indiana State University this fall then return home May 4 1963
President Kennedy will spend Labor Day weekend in Newport Rhode Island for a reunion with Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline who have been in Italy since August 7. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger said the President will depart around 5 PM EDT and his wife and daughter will fly into Quonset Point Rhode Island aboard the Caroline while the President’s jet arrives earlier. Salinger could not confirm where the greeting will occur. The President plans to return to Washington on Tuesday morning.
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