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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont. Local readers receive daily news, notices, and community updates from the Vermont newspaper.
A Stone Age family faces chaotic change as their son Talcy pursues radical notions. A later raid ends with the father gone, Talcy embracing power and a fiery orange monster, while the mother and infant escape into darkness.
U S officials in Philadelphia outline a funded campaign supporting Katanga’s break from Congo. They note Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga profits and tax influence, arguing a push for independence serves European colonial interests and a friendly, smaller Congo.
Vermont Civil Defense Director William H. Baumann claims progress and adequate preparation, but critics doubt readiness. The piece notes a decade of spending with limited on-the-ground gains and calls for greater civilian cooperation amid a skeptical mood about fallout shelter readiness.
In a 1950s analysis Washington argues the United States must guide the United Nations through a period of decolonization and rising successor states. The piece warns of a council with Soviet sway and an expanding General Assembly, urging U N engagement as a bridge between Atlantic and emergent global societies.
A letter from the University of Vermont supports expanding educational radio under the Educational Radio Network ERN plans show Vermont as a key interconnecting link between the United States and Canada. The ERN has operated since October 1961 with stations in Albany Amherst Boston New York Philadelphia and Washington. A $40 000 federal grant funded operations through June 1962 after private funds ran out. The Vermont facilities to broadcast are not yet in place but are being developed with hopes of state inclusion in the live network soon.
AP summarizes a stronger year end for 1961 with higher wages and longer weeks for workers, record stock indexes, and booming construction value at 57.5 billion. It notes tariff battles, antitrust penalties of 2 million dollars, and ongoing government scrutiny of Wall Street while industrial output and auto sales lift optimism.
The article notes a surge in international travel for President Kennedy with at least 30 visits to him by foreign leaders in the past year and highlights reasons such as rapid jet travel, end of isolationism, closer ties, and direct diplomacy. It contrasts modern diplomacy with earlier isolationist practice and cites World War II era shifts.
The piece reflects on how leaders like Churchill Stalin and Khrushchev shaped diplomacy through personal meetings. It notes Eisenhower Kennedy and Truman using summit diplomacy, with Kennedy continuing to travel abroad while Rusk cautioned against such talks. It suggests personal talks endure despite mixed results.
Washington reports thinning rhino populations across Asia and Africa. The Indian single horned rhino remains about 400, Sumatran about 50, Java few, and African rhinos in the hundreds. Decline linked to male reluctance, failed courtship, and weak protections. white rhino showing gains under strict safeguards.
Culture comes from the people who create it not from buildings. To do a pro per job one needs the right people in the right places in sufficient numbers. Facilities must exist for producers to live, meet, eat, shop, love and even hate each other. Norbert Gorwic of Wayne TTta.
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