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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1961
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily Vermont newspaper published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont. It releases issues every day except Sundays and holidays according to a December 16 1961 notice.
Donald Cutter, manager of Okemo Mountain in Ludlow, argues against a five year halt on new ski developments. He cites need for year round operations, safe, well funded facilities, and warns a ban would push patrons to overcrowded lifts and hurt overall growth.
A Baltimore Van Gogh show attracts 67 000 paying visitors and 26 000 free students, suggesting public taste may be more adventurous than mass entertainment purveyors claim. The exhibit covered costs and earned a profit, challenging the idea that Hollywood and popular culture only chase the lowest common denominator.
An opinion piece lampoons infant clothing design flaws from mismatched fastenings to oversized buttons and awkward pajamas. It mockingly questions designers as dangerous, cites tiny booties and snowsuits as examples, and quips about public figures debating dress safety.
In Bennington a second blaze added about 75000 in losses after a prior October fire. The event gutted one business and damaged others as merchants discussed downtown improvements. Viewpoints suggest rebuilding may yield safer facilities and a stronger tax base for future town costs.
The article argues U.N. Congo intervention is vital but faces disunity among Western powers led by Gen de Gaulle. It warns Katanga secession risks a wider Africa crisis and urges a US Britain Europe accord, with Berlin negotiations tied to de Gaulle and Khrushchev dynamics.
The Fish and Game Department at Montpelier reports 4148 deer killed in the one day antlerless season led by Benson 113 and Castleton 105 in Rutland County. The column notes deer moving north, questions about back-season impacts, and anecdotes from readers including a doomsday shot and predatory bobcat hunters Raymond and Donald Greene of Shaftsbury.
Deer herd moving north bagged five animals. Vermont pays a bounty on bobcats and porcupines as the only two hunted species. Bobcats stalk hares, partridge, squirrels, and even deer, making hunting strenuous until scent is found. Christmas shopping tips include sporting goods from Bennington merchants. Quotes from Jomo Kenyatta and Reinhold Niebuhr are included.
CODMAN HISLOP surveys Green Mountain Treasury a collection from Vermont Life edited by Hard Jr with Natling Hill Greene Hoyt. The volume presents 73 titles drawn from past issues, emphasizing landscapes nostalgia and agrarian life over industry with photos, essays, and nature scenes.
The speaker argues Vermont should be published as Green Mountain Treasury to show Vermont as a living national heritage. He praises Vermont’s rivers air forests factories and people, warns against exploitive depictions, and notes Mr Hislop of Dor set is a contributor and Union College professor.
Adele R. Costello of Jamaica appeals to Gov. Keyser Jr. to address sewerage and water pollution fears linked to Stratton Mountain ski growth. She warns that effluent flowing into North Branch Brook and Styles Brook threatens health, urging precedent-setting protections for Vermont's little people against outside interests.
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