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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The president’s annual economic message argues for a middle path balancing expansion to guard recovery with measures to curb inflation. He urges vigilance and flexibility, calls for authority to negotiate with the European Common Market, standby powers for recessions, and a possible 5 percent tax cut, all framed as pragmatic moderation.
Treasury weighs a federal education bond offering about 4 percent interest, sold to parents saving for their children's college. It aims to promote systematic saving, perhaps via payroll deduction, and could complement other efforts, though its impact would be limited by affordability and eligibility safeguards.
An editorial argues public funds and awareness are key to building a robust civil defense. It warns that fear of nuclear war and political skepticism hinder preparations, urging education to treat thermonuclear threat as real and ongoing. It links funding to public will and condemns derision of protective measures as folly.
A Bay State News quotation from Bay State Abrasive Products Co in Westboro Mass notes that in business worlds a generalist executive knows something about everything a technician knows everything about a specific thing and a switchboard operator knows everything.
Washington profile on President Kennedy after a year in office. It discusses his back injury and limited physical activity, his strenuous earlier years, and the challenge of governing under divided powers. It notes potential policy battles, including nuclear testing, retraining programs, and liberalized trade, with focus on the fall campaign and congressional obstacles.
The passage describes the nomination giving the president an apparatus to advance his agenda and, after a year in office, a sense of ease with the vast and intricate machinery of the federal government.
Acting Secretary-General U Thant announces United Nations bonds to raise funds for unpaid assessments. The 25 year issues carry 2 percent interest with purchases limited to governments and certain nonprofit bodies, aim to bolster U.N. finances amid Soviet refusals and other nonpayment. President Kennedy urges Congress to allow U.S. purchase up to 100 million.
A Chicago Tribune line notes that modern men owe much to their ancestors and hope to owe a lot to their descendants, highlighting a belief in lineage and responsibility across generations.
A Los Angeles secretary humorously explains leaving a former job to a psychiatrist. She says she could not win: late meant hostility, early sparked anxiety, and timeliness equaled compulsiveness. The quip reflects workplace pressures and self doubt in a light vein.
In a pair of letters, James Lounsbury of North Pownal cautions against hasty zoning tied to a town race track, arguing track activity won't invite harmful elements and noting Vermont safety oversight. Faxon Bowen of Pownal critiques national policy trends, urging value shifts toward labor dignity and self sufficiency to heal unemployment and economic distortions.
Gov Keyser discusses high speed jets capable of 1000 mph and future travel from Los Angeles to New York, imagining instant arrival. A Burlington Free Press report and local letters debate tax appraisal practices and state budget issues at a Vermont business meeting.
Nathan Pressman of Ellenville New York argues that the masses desire peace and that only a drastic societal change can end war. He urges abolishing the war breeding capitalist system and establishing socialism as proposed by the Socialist Labor Party.
A reader from Sandgate praises Jean Henry president of the nearby humane society for her seven day a week, payless labor and strong resolve in building the shelter and caring for animals. The letter notes gratitude and curiosity about the animals' fate before adoption.
A letter from Mrs. Edward Trombley of 103 Coolidge Ave Bennington compliments Elizabeth Dwyer for Syrup Salt and Vinegar and Roy Marsden for Rod and Gun. She praises Ban ning Books for Children Jan 24 and applauds the new banner.
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