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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The Defense Department reports a new detection method for underground blasts in Nevada that could ease a pact with the Soviet Union. It suggests fewer on site stations may suffice, appealing to Soviet concerns while preserving U S aims for a global monitoring system.
Morgan Bulkeley of Mount Washington argues in the Berk shire Eagle that natives are fixed like native corn while summer folk drift in and out like fringe earls. He sketches locals and city newcomers through vivid anecdotes on dams, water, and town politics, ending with a humorous tale of a summer pig and a bill for its care.
The FBI chief urges fingerprinting teachers and school staff to screen out molesters, citing a Washington case. He argues fingerprints are like signatures and children deserve safety, but he offers no practical method and warns against targeting just teachers. Critics say universal fingerprinting would be un-American and unfair.
Washington names Foy D. Kohler as ambassador to Moscow, tasking him to navigate tense U S Soviet ties. Kohler, longtime European affairs official, succeeds Lewellyn Thompson and must interpret Berlin disputes and shifting signals from Khrushchev era diplomacy.
Hal Boyle reflects on aging and memory with humorous vignettes from midcentury life. He recalls teen babysitters for ten cents, 40 as midlife, ruby rings signifying prosperity, Swiss ski foreigners, kerosene lamps, fumigation after diphtheria, pompadour hair, door unlocking, wooden fans, family Bibles, bobbed hair bans, polite hats, six biscuits and three eggs, and mothers concealing money in underclothes before city dreams.
Harvard University plans a computer center to support research across schools and departments. The effort aims to apply computing to industry, science, and practical problems such as water management in the Indus River basin.
A collection of quotations from Nelson A. Rockefeller on atomic energy benefits, Eddie Pulaski on men’s hair coloring demand, and Eugene Terkauf on man’s competitive nature, reflecting midcentury business and social views.
The group hands out prizes to Mrs Hendricks and Mr Hartung with items including a Wingflight deluxe sedan dining room set and Hollywood trip. Lawton Griffin earns applause for 36 years of legal service as Vernon Kurtz and Calvin Pilney receive attention at the event.
Reporter calls for obituary details from a widow praising a prominent citizen's charity service family church. Editor asks for the mortuary, reporter jokes he imagines he went direct. The piece captures a humorous newsroom moment.
A chaotic week touches the U S government and world events. Joe Moriarty, a policy figure, reemerges as a bank booster while authorities seize 2 4 million dollars found in a car trunk. Elvis J Stahl Jr denounces McNamara, and Algeria faces a bitter power struggle between ben Khedda and ben Bella. The Chamber of Commerce and AFL CIO urge a tax cut, Kennedy faces budget debates, and two Oklahoma clerks admit a small cash gain from Estes.
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