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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
Vermont papers oppose state operation while weighing a transit authority plan. Rep. John Masterton pushes for a legislature study as experts weigh economic impacts, industry views, and public need amid the Rutland Railway shutdown.
The Amherst seminar highlighted strategies to cut milk oversupply. Proposals include production quotas, boosting exports under relief programs, and reforming milk to lower fat while raising protein. Dr. Stanley Gaunt advocates skim milk and cottage cheese plus high protein cow feed.
Edward D. Eddy Jr. urges Chatham College to abandon trappings and treat students as adults. He compares campus life to high school chaos and calls for a thorough overhaul and a new rationale for extracurricular activities.
Alexander B R Dysdale of Bennington defends lawmakers against claims they are misled by lobbyists. He argues department heads hold the real influence and that legislators defend the people, urging drafting requests before sessions to shorten the legislature.
Letters echo Albany Times Union views on shelter systems as danger to national life. Bundy Kennedy ties to Soviet threat. debates note White House divisions and need for US USSR communication while urging urban renewal in cities.
McGeorge Bundy spoke in New York to the American Management Association on civil defense and emergency planning. He warned that even if the Soviet Union vanished, nuclear risks would persist due to thermonuclear growth and global sovereignty chaos. He noted limited impact of passive defense in a full scale thermonuclear war.
Fairfax Ayres of Shaftsbury urges town action on honoring Henry W. Putnam's gift and continuing hospital operations at reasonable rates. The letter notes the endowment growth, current debts, and plans discussed for meeting indigent care while considering a possible town meeting item to memorialize the donor and keep the hospital operating for patient treatment.
The piece surveys the Thurmond Stennis inquiry into executive privilege and Pentagon censorship of speeches by military officers. It notes Deputy pressure on McNamara to reveal censors and warns of civil-military tensions echoing de Gaulle’s France and past State Department morale declines. It cites Walker's Texas gubernatorial bid and Lovett's prior cautions on military involvement in domestic politics.
Kennedy broadens personal diplomacy as Jacqueline Kennedy plans a goodwill tour of India and Pakistan. Khrushchev engages personal channels with Adzhubei and talks with Kennedy over lunch at the White House. Salinger to visit Russia under Kennedy approval.
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