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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The piece criticizes an $11 billion World War I veterans pension bill promoted by the Veterans of World War I of the USA Inc. It argues the proposal unfairly singles out one war, would grant $102 monthly to veterans with low income regardless of disability, and could pass via discharge petition despite opposition from some Congress members including Rep. Robert T. Stafford.
A lighthearted Cape Codder column riff imagines plants speaking in inaudible tones beyond human hearing. The narrator compares gardening toil to a public debate with flowers, joking about Krausner Klausner and the idea plants communicate, ending with a plea to abstain from sending flowers.
A 14 year old boy works the summer pasting stamps into books for a dollar an hour, hired by a mother who wanted help with stamp collecting chores. The anecdote suggests stamp saving as a potential dull lucrative path for youths wanting quiet work over mowing lawns.
Marketing consultant Frank Meissner notes U.S. discount stores number about 4000 and rising rapidly with new openings in Cleveland, Minneapolis, Detroit, and Los Angeles. Discount sales climb from about 4 billion to over 5 billion, lifting consumer spending and broadening the economy beyond goods to services.
The 57 graduates of Braintree Randolph Union High School show more than half planning some college next fall and nearly a third aiming for four year schools. The figures exceed statewide averages and reflect broad educational intentions beyond high school. Some graduates will enter armed forces or take jobs, indicating strong secondary education and postsecondary pursuit.
A Kennedy era shift in defense contracts hits Michigan as 95 percent of wartime prime work moved out of state and 1961 totals drop nationally. George Romney emerges as a Republican challenger in a state poised for political realignment amid auto industry strain and new Detroit leadership under Mayor James Cavalry.
A New York column laments Midtown Manhattan's transformation from lively streets with restaurants, bars, and culture to glass office towers and banks. The writer, a self-described fuddy-duddy, recalls Vanderbilt era landmarks, the Rockettes, and diverse eateries replaced by modern finance hubs as progress.
Dr. Isidor I. Rabi of Columbia University warns that science used as a tool of power heightens risks rather than delivering peace or happiness. He urges taming science and its adaptations as an unavoidable task.
AP News analysis argues that both parties lack unity and a single guiding view amid disputes within the Democrats and Republicans. It notes Kennedy's lament over Democratic discord, Eisenhower's unity efforts, Goldwater's independence, and leaders like Dirksen and Halleck signaling varied paths to unity. The piece frames party factions as a dying American myth.
Saturday Review cites Atlas magazine humor about a pupil describing life in America as unemployed and lynching of Negroes, while praising the Soviet Union for full employment and free education. The pupil then summarizes the party slogan about surpassing the United States.
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