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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1961
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
Editorial urges governor and Emergency Board to increase appropriations for the Vermont Geological Survey. It notes the 1959 mineral output valued at 23.359 million dollars, the 1961 map project under Dr. Charles G. Doll, and how funding shortages delay topographic mapping groundwater storage and layman geologies.
The Kennedy administration plans to raise cabinet officers to 35 000 and top civil service posts to 25 000 with similar boosts below. Critics argue current pay undervalues public service while private firms offer far more for similar responsibilities.
A reader compares my writing to T V Durling a New York Journal American columnist. The note recalls Durling’s epigram Never argue with a man whose principles you don't respect and cites Swift on reasoning against unfounded ideas. Mencken’s letters to critics were answered with You may be right Sincerely yours.
Washington observes shifting power in Congress as John McCormack nears speaker ship and Carl Albert vies with Richard Bolling for majority leader. Oil interests in Oklahoma and labor backing shape the battle over liberalized trade measures.
A fish and game release notes that true outdoor experts are rare and reliable opinions come from wildlife specialists on limited species. The local scene shows many hunters on rabbits and ice fishing at Barber Pond in Pownal with several groups and modest catches. Ted McCawley of Remington Arms discusses Auto-Trap-Shot a new indoor target shooting game using automated traps and 22 caliber pump guns available through Auto-Trap-Shoot Inc. in Champaign Illinois.
Local reader Mrs Stella Higgins reports a male cardinal visiting her Beech Street feeding station marking a first near her home. The column also recommends books for winter reading including The Old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark and Art Flicks Streamside Guide to Naturals and Their Imitations with fly patterns and hatch timings. Louis Levine notes a Canada fishing trip where his party smoked salmon after running out of tobacco.
Roy Hoopes offers a comprehensive guide for prospective volunteers parents and teachers. The book covers policy procedures projects overseas culture shock and Peace Corps folklore while noting that evaluation of success will come with future developments.
The piece explains the Peace Corps as a cooperative effort to aid host countries without displacing locals, seeking skilled workers and adaptable volunteers who learn languages and cultures before serving. It notes training, selection, and the goal of countering communism while avoiding the white man's burden, and compares to earlier missionary and international education efforts.
Eloise Curtis argues that moms wearing pants blur gender cues for children. She says boys confuse the line between mother and father when pants are worn, affecting a child’s sense of parental roles.
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