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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker says Canada will study a sea going link from the St Lawrence to New York via Richelieu Lake Champlain and Hudson River. Senator Aiken greets the plan, hoping it advances despite St Lawrence Seaway delays. The project could boost northern New York and Vermont, stimulate industry, and ease Midwest traffic to iron ore and manufactured goods.
The Justice Department highlights steady civil rights gains in 1961 despite no new federal laws. Progress occurred in public transportation, government employment, and public schools with reduced violence in desegregation. Desegregation expanded in Southern cities. more Negro attorneys joined the government, and local officials faced federal action only as a last resort.
The article outlines how meteorology has become more scientific through micro meteorology and satellite data. It notes the role of oceans as heat reservoirs and reports on the National Center for Atmospheric Research being established in Boulder under 14 universities with Walter Orr Roberts advocating solar impact research.
A reader observes two current events Goa and West New Guinea show different paths to peace Portugal blocks change while Netherlands invites peaceful change via UN. The article argues for a UN administered trust status for West New Guinea to protect Papuan people and restore UN prestige.
William Feather discusses reason and belief with wit and cites epigrams from T V Durling and H L Mencken He notes many hold ideas so firmly that arguing is futile and recalls Mencken’s brief courteous replies to hostile letters and Swift and Durling on reasoning into beliefs.
In a critique of higher education, the author argues faculties must be shaken up. He condemns the easy life for professors, their overbearing influence on students, perceived omniscience, and the sacred aura of the lectern as corrupting teaching.
An extremely tense man visits a psychiatrist and claims he thinks he is an animal an elephant. The doctor calmly reassures him that elephants are docile and useful. The patient then reveals his real trouble he has been feeling in the pink.
Pearl Buck's Fourteen Stories gathers work dating to 1943 with later pieces, showcasing her imaginative reach and themes of human communication. Many stories center on American family life, where miscommunication and its restoration occur, though some portrayals feel artificial and overly wholesome or saccharine.
The author, Pearl Buck, reflects on Asian life and transformation after the war through stories set in China, Japan, and Tibet. She contrasts prewar and postwar eras, notes Western influence and comminization, and praises vivid descriptions and deep messages while urging broader imagination beyond American settings. Pearl Buck resides in Winhall, Vermont.
In Shaftsbury district fire control supervisor Junior Harwood notes hedgehog denning on East Mountain with 56 dens in two acres, girdling trees and harming timber. Vermont pest control targets denning sites, while fisher cats are released to curb hedgehogs. Readers should report dense tracks and girdling areas to local offices.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee schedules a closed 10:30 a.m. briefing with Secretary of State Dean Rusk on January 15 to discuss the world situation. Members will also receive intelligence and defense briefings from McNamara and McCone as part of ongoing Congo policy scrutiny and UN financing debates.
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