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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
The Banner discusses letters reacting to a Horace Mann Lincoln Institute survey showing teens prefer personality to brains. It argues schools should value scholastic excellence and warns popularity driven choices shape the future, noting Whizzer White type rarities as benchmark.
A critical editorial condemns Senator Allen J. Ellender for statements about Africa. It argues his remarks harmed U.S. diplomacy, led to travel bans to Tanganyika and Uganda, and could anger segregationist voters while calling for White House repudiation of his slurs. It notes the Kennedy administration’s deep disturbance and urges formal disowning.
Profile of Leon Leonwood Bean founder of L L Bean who built a famed Maine outfitter. Despite growth the company remains in Freeport, Maine with a small paid staff and a mail order catalog reaching 400000 customers. Bean edits catalog pages personally and insists on maintaining a hands on, old fashioned approach. His focus on unique offerings and quality has driven ongoing success.
In Paris after Charles de Gaulle's sweeping parliamentary win, the president gains home stability and broader power, easing succession transition but widening gaps with the United States. NATO force buildup, a separate nuclear arsenal, and Britain’s Common Market role loom as tensions grow while U.S. seeks alliance cohesion.
Lawrence E. Harrington criticizes a Bennington Peace Forum panel and its leadership and methods. He argues the group misnamed itself, abandoned Turn Toward Peace rules, and favored a policy-guiding membership, while accusing coverage in the Banner of bias and misquotations. He urges open debate and a broader, inclusive peace association.
Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz notes the front page bias against peaceful collective bargaining and argues that good news in labor relations rarely makes headlines. He emphasizes the media focus on discord over concord.
A columnist cites Tom Ragle of Marlboro College and Walter Muir Whitehill on the Brattle Tavern misidentification and argues about the loss of beauty in American architecture. He rejects the notion that new equals superior, urging preservation of historic elegance over modern ugliness.
Washington debate over a Saturday Evening Post piece on the October NSC meeting raises questions about who spoke to the Post and what was said. The White House backs secrecy while Stevenson denies supporting the published account of dissent and missile-base swaps. Kennedy writes Stevenson to reduce the stir and keep him at the U.N. without backing the Bartlett Alsop story.
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