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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1962
Page
5
London report notes the fading of the old-time Nannie, a housekeeper who ruled with benevolent despotism. Educators and psychologists struggle to replace her, but many feel they lack her practical wisdom and long memory.
New York reports a shift in French cuisine as American influences reach home cooking. Rosy notes from Jean Paul Mittaine of the UN FAO link roquefort use and barbecue trends to changing French habits. He predicts more American shortcuts while maids stay scarce and French dishes still blend red wine with tradition.
Miss Mary Harrigan, the only woman tea taster in the United States, tests 75 to 100 cups per session at Boston Harbor. Her duties span 7 million pounds of imported tea through Boston annually, under Pure Food and Drug Administration oversight.
A Memphis motorist encounters a shivering driver in a topless sports car. The man wears a plastic Halloween mask to ward off the frosty breeze, creating a chilling visual.
Randolph lawyer Stanley L. Chamberlin, 56, combines law with a 30-year woodshop hobby. He makes early American reproductions and eight finished Grandmother clocks in six years, with four more in progress. Movements are imported from England. clocks split into two portable sections for easy transport. He sells mainly from home and serves as town agent.
A Des Moines service station posts a sign declaring a 50 cent deposit for unknown customers and a 100 percent deposit from some known customers, sparking questions about its fairness and legality.
Kalamazoo College announced a $5 million contribution toward a $15 million academic enrichment program started in 1961. The plan aims for year round study abroad, a three year undergraduate path to graduate school, career quarters, a senior thesis quarter, and staggered off campus quarters to boost enrollment by 50 percent while maintaining residence numbers. First quarter results show dropouts under 1 percent, more students on the dean’s list, 99 scholars listed in fall quarter with 66 carried from the prior year, and library circulation up 64 percent with reference use up 110 percent from last year.
During a snow storm in Buffalo New Hampshire a motorist attached a towing chain to a ditched car and pulled it to the highway. Barney Wiggin head of the Buffalo office of the U S Weather Bureau received a thank you from the grateful motorist.
In a Friday Municipal Court session in Westport Conn Richard C Aulenti 18 pleaded guilty to stealing Kneissl skis bound with Cubco bindings and ski poles valued at 80 95 The court gave a suspended 25 day county jail term and placed him on probation Richard Aulenti was aided by his father John Paul Aulenti and Bromley ski area staff aided police in catching him on Jan 14 Richard Merrill Rutland pleaded guilty to two DUI and suspended license counts and was fined 100 plus 5 10 costs on the first count and 50 on the second Alfred Vargas Rutland pleaded guilty to careless driving resulting in an accident and received 50 fine 5 10 costs plus a 30 day suspended sentence on probation Willard Best East Arlington charged with breach of the peace Sunderland Jan 15 pleaded not guilty Floyd Madison Sunderland posted 100 bail for Best James Miller South Dorset pleaded guilty to breach of peace for firing guns and loud noises and was fined 50 plus 5 10 Robert Thompson Jr Shaftsbury found guilty of probation violation and sentenced to 10 days in county jail with continued probation after release.
Fiona Birnie 20 from Cardiff and Valerie Croydon 19 from Burton-on-Trent are the first female non graduates to join the Royal Air Force Technical College at Henlow. The two WRAF pilot officers join a male dominated program and will become Technical Signals Officers after a year of training. They share rooms and study alongside hundreds of male officers and report broad support from fellow students.
The 1961 seismic year was unusually mild with only a few major quakes. U S Coast and Geodetic Survey seismologists say internal rumblings were weak and scattered across distant locations.
The Labor Department reported a one tenth of a per cent December decline in consumer prices to 128.2 percent of the 1947–49 level driven by lower auto, gasoline, and clothing costs. Food and services rose, while earnings for factory workers edged higher to record levels. About 260,000 workers will see living-cost pay increases, including 230,000 truck drivers and 30,000 aircraft workers.
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