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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1962
Page
5
Washington reports that avalanches rank with tornadoes earthquakes and floods in destructiveness. The piece details how wet and dry snow slides operate their deadly reach and historic disasters in Europe including Austria Switzerland and the Alps.
New York AP reports reporters and technicians are staged from Ohio to Atlantic to cover America's first man in orbit. Networks pool cameras and recovery footage while CBS taps Harry Reasoner and Cronkite leads the nets. NBC and CBS battle for exclusive angles on mission and family of astronaut John Glenn.
The Defense Department designs sea rolling command posts to survive a nuclear strike. Existing alternates include the underground Little Pentagon on the Maryland Pennsylvania line and the Navy cruiser Northampton. McNamara seeks funds to convert two mothballed light carriers and plans one new command ship yearly, tying bomber and missile forces to afloat, ashore, and top admin centers.
In Wappingers Falls New York a high school English class used a satire based exercise featuring odd phrases. Parents questioned if the lesson taught English or delinquency prompting a letters to the editor debate and a school board meeting.
The Hall of Education at the 1964 1965 New York World's Fair in Flushing N Y is a $7 million futuristic pavilion sponsored by major American corporations. Designed by Frederic P Wiedersum Associates its three story structure faces the Lagoon of Industry and includes a two story dome auditorium moving walls and an electronics library with advanced information retrieval.
AP analyst James Marlow notes that US officials’ optimism often outpaced reality. He cites Dean Rusk tempering hope with concern amid fragile Berlin, Southeast Asia, and disarmament issues, and recalls past promises by Dulles and Marshall that faltered against Soviet strength and events like Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
St. Michael's College offers a Summer Session course titled The Teaching of Communism In The Secondary Schools. George L. Olgyay of the Government Department will teach. Session runs June 25 to August 4 for men and women, featuring graduate and undergraduate offerings and degrees in English History American Studies the master of arts in teaching and the master of education.
Carmen Phillips, famed for offbeat comedy roles, faces a career jinx as cuts push her scenes in Oceans 11 and other films to the floor. Allied Artists confirms she remains in the final cut of Reprieve playing Ben Gazzara’s wife.
Police report a break in at Flora Thompson’s residence in Zanesville Ohio. The thief took cooking utensils silverware and five pounds of steak five pounds of hamburger four pounds of ham and three pounds of liver.
Home Demonstration agents report Bennington County groups restoring chairs by seat weaving. The craft, once a family necessity, requires labor and patience but low material costs. Examples include Mrs. Briggs in Searsburg reseating with oval reed and others in Monument Avenue, Mt. Anthony Road, and West Shaftsbury planning ladder backs and rush seats. Classes will form on demand and costs are detailed with potential homemaker savings.
Nine important Russian icons collected by Joseph E. Davies during his ambassadorship to Russia in the late 1930s are on display at the Milwaukee Art Center. Davies with Soviet help acquired the works and donated them to the University of Wisconsin in 1937.
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy declined an informal invitation to visit the Soviet Union during his world trip. He said travel plans are fixed and cannot be altered, but he will look forward to visiting in the future. The trip includes Japan, Indonesia, Iran, Germany and the Netherlands ending about February 26.
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