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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1962
Page
4
The Greater Bennington Association begins compiling a community calendar to prevent event date conflicts among local groups. Organizations must plan early and notify the GBA so dates can be checked against others. The banner will publish the calendar weekly in the Saturday edition as skiers seek off slope entertainment.
The piece examines rising conflict of interest as the government uses vast tax funds for private defense contractors. It highlights retired generals and admirals hired for top roles, plus United Technology Corp’s $2 million Air Force contract led by General Donald E. Putt, who also chairs the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. The article argues legality does not excuse perceived impropriety and calls for avoiding even the appearance of illegality.
John Gottmann's 20th Century Fund report names a Megalopolis extending 500 miles from Boston to Washington with about 38 million people. He says the area is not a traditional factory city yet possesses an exceptionally educated, wealthy, and well housed population, posing both unease and opportunity for livability.
The Washington Post notes Kennedy and Eisenhower labeling right wing extremists as frustarted and superpatriots while they seek to curb freedoms. It argues their stance echoes leftist Communists and targets churches colleges and the press, fueled by decades of HUAC hearings and sensational reports.
Year end forecasts loom large but dedicated Western planners push hard for economic union that could transcend differences. Paris NATO talks, Herter and Clayton urge a trade partnership with the European Common Market and broader aid. The plan envisions a West joined by common policy to resist Soviet pressure and lift living standards.
On a farm a tired bachelor named Mr Higgins drives to town to marry. On the way home his horse Dobbin stumbles three times, he shoots the horse, his bride calls him heartless, and he retorts That’s once. Consolidated International News.
The piece envisions a 1962 of higher earnings for the average American yet unclear spending, a mix of prosperity and crisis, and ongoing global tension. It notes Khrushchev pursuing fitness, a US manned space shot, and a Russian spy orbit soon after.
A satirical outlook predicts Congo forming a Peace Corps like effort and sending trains to aid Americans in traffic jams. It envisions UN debt solutions via global stock listings and Russian shares parachuted by Allied promoters. Kennedy Jr gains teeth. tax reform debate. Goldwater aids. Rockefeller ghostwriter bounty. 1962 framed as arresting and odd.
Sparks from the Forge laments American democracy’s impact on urban appearance and rural order. The piece contrasts European care for monuments and beauty with perceived American neglect in cities and scattered farm machinery, arguing waste and disorder are tolerated under democracy and abundance.
The author laments urban ugliness from junk and drab post offices and urges Vermont towns, especially Brattleboro Bennington Rutland, to pursue civic pride through striking fountains rather than mere utilitarian design. He contrasts European squares with local streets and envisions a robust, imaginative water feature as a civic upgrade.
Joe Ditman of Hartford ends his festive Christmas calls after 18 years, singing Silent Night to about 80 local friends and shut ins. State and local police helped Worcester operators deliver payroll records to Springfield. Bells from St. Joseph's Cathedral Hartford are recast in Holland after a 5 year silence. The Lynn Item repeats a wordless New Year editorial inviting readers to write obituaries or wills if they plan to drink and drive. Harvard WHRB FM airs 750 consecutive hours of music in a Boston area orgy schedule ending January 19.
Dr. H Beric Wright, head of Britain's Institute of Directors Medical Research Unit, argues the good average woman is more capable than the good average man, citing superior organization and sharper priorities.
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