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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
In a rural voice the writer rebukes Herman Kahn’s claim that country residents are less worth saving after a nuclear war. He argues locals would rebuild government through town meetings and known leaders, urging unity to avoid a new nuclear conflict.
President Kennedy urges Congress to fund a broad five year education plan including public schools and colleges. He argues current efforts lag behind population growth and stresses public schools as the backbone of the system while addressing parochial school politics and broader aims like literacy and teacher salaries.
The United States launches an official travel service with the slogan Travel a New World to lure foreign visitors. The piece notes the benefits of tourism for both nations and cautions that ads may distort reality while urging support for the program.
In hearings before the Stennis Committee Secretary McNamara defends keeping censor names private, arguing public naming would erode civil service discipline and threaten executive supremacy. The piece warns that exposing individual censors could invite Congressional intrusiveness and weaken the balance of powers between branches.
The writer joined Raymond Armstrong on beaver trapping along his local line. Armstrong showed a 54% pound granddaddy beaver and another large one caught with a Conibear trap. He has trapped for about 40 years in Bennington area, noting beaver and otter catches, gear, price scales by pelt size, and a total so far of 17 beaver with season underway.
Roy Marsden notes beaver trapping demands physical stamina and proper gear as season nears. He recalls tracking with his son Don, sees a mink kill a muskrat, and mentions fisher cats imported from Maine to curb hedgehogs. A hedgehog cleaning area may be explored in a future trip.
Rush Welter dissects David Boroff’s Campus U.S.A. a collection of ten college sketches. He praises two schools Brooklyn College and Sarah Lawrence for distinct strengths while condemning Boroff’s superficial journalistic tone and lack of depth. The volume offers readable passages but relies on epigrams and booster jargon, with a concluding critique of American higher education.
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