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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Former budget director David Bell is named U S foreign aid chief amid skepticism about the role. Analysts note foreign aid lacks a voter lobby, making success depend on top down persuasion to voters, with the outcome tied to how well Bell sells the case in coming months.
An English journalist interviews a British magazine article critiquing the ruling class. Crewe argues anthropologists study homegrown elites, detailing traits such as limited adjectives, large families, vast networks of friends, and costly, ritual marriages. He hopes further study will expose other “tribes” of bluebloods and Brahmins.
Charity fund raisers in the United States face rising public rejection due to sheer numbers overlapping causes and many campaigns unknown to the public. Deserving longtime charities fear competition and advocate a government accounting system for all fund raising groups.
John F. Kennedy gains wide trust in Western Europe as leaders and publics back his Cuba stance. The British press shifts from doubt to praise, citing prudence and effective use of power, with polls showing strong support for U.S. actions and leadership.
A reader argues that intelligence alone does not guarantee popularity and praises study and hard work. The letter contends social competence should not replace intellectual daring and endorses higher value on scholastic excellence over athletics. Signed Dennis M McCue North Bennington.
A reader condemns a November editorial for a biased one sided take on teen ages. The writer argues the piece unfairly labels cheerful mediocrity as inferior and contrasts it with lonely brilliant students. The letter notes classroom groups and urges balanced view.
A reader argues for a non nuclear club proposed at the 1961 UN session led by Sweden. Nations join to neither make nor stockpile nuclear weapons, offering a path to gradual disarmament and reduced conflict through voluntary participation.
Joseph P. Coogan denounces ugliness in war science and culture while noting a failure to recognize it. Gore Vidal argues marriage is an economic state and may vanish when women can support themselves. Sir David Ormsby Gore suggests Britain will be judged by how it ended its empire rather than how it built it.
In New York and Washington business and government officials map lines on taxes amid calls to cut compliance costs and curb spending. A key point is potential return of the corporate tax to 47 percent, which could free about $2.5 billion for expansion and investment if Congress acts or if rates revert automatically.
A personal essay recalls holiday fruitcakes and cookies, contrasting magazine trends with family traditions. It describes fruitcake rituals from sorting fruit to dropping batter on the floor, notes the shift to professional cakes, and shares memories of cookies shaped as a dog and a camel, plus cautions about candy and eating dough.
A Philadelphia restaurateur Mr Bookbinder gave a daily dime to an old shoelace vendor for ten years, never buying laces. After ten years the vendor reveals prices rose to 15 cents, ending the kindness as inflation alters the charity tale.
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