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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily publication except Sundays and holidays, issued by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Walter Danisch John Williams and J Good Hutton announce candidacies for the three vacancies on the Graded School Board. Danisch and Hutton bring district experience and liaison value. Williams adds legal training and planning insight. A fourth candidate has emerged, signaling an active, competitive race as voters head to the afternoon ballot.
New England personal income reached 27.3 billion in 1961, up 5 percent and above national growth during a recession. Per capita income rose 12 percent to 2542, driven largely by manufacturing wage payments as regional earnings outpaced population growth. Massachusetts saw electrical machinery wages up over 6 percent. Connecticut non electrical and transportation equipment sectors added jobs and pay. Maine posted a 1 percent income gain with no per capita rise.
The narrator muses on giraffes once called camelopard and argues they have little use in objects or conversation. They note the neck for leaves, lack of vocal cords, and dwindling numbers amid natural enemies, with humorous asides about adaptation and Darwin.
Reader's Digest quotes Harland Manchester arguing organic gardening myths in The Great Organic-Gardening Myth. He says organic foods cost more and are not more nutritious, while farm scientists support using compost and organic matter but not as sole nutrients. Dr. Emil Truog defends mineral fertilizers as beneficial to crop nutrition.
AP reports Republican strategists see Dixie states tilting toward conservatism as the GOP plans increased campaigns in 11 southern states including Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia. They aim for more than 60 House candidates this year and field governors in several states.
New England hosts major show business figures for summer seasons from Salisbury Beach to Beverly and Boston. Acts include Abbe Lane Xavier Cugat Ella Fitzgerald Chubby Checker Johnny Mathis Liberace Patti Page and Paul Anka. Venues like Frolics Carousel Theater North Shore Music Theater and South Shore Music Circus budget millions for talent. Notables such as Gypsy Rose Lee Tom Bosley Celeste Holm and Don Ameche appear, while Drum and Bugle corps draw 20 000 fans at Boston College Stadium for charity.
Abilene columnist Henry B. Jameson rebuts Hal Boyle by recalling his own family’s Kansas upbringing. He contrasts third floor New York tenements with a Kansas childhood near a creek, praising outdoor play, simple foods, and local schools as rich sources of character and health.
Manchester resident Ben Wrobel argues officials failed to protect Northeast Airlines Florida runs, urging absorption by National and Eastern with Mohawk and Allegheny taking New England service. He blames civic apathy and calls for public pressure to ensure better, non subsidized regional air service.
The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall received a strengthened support system and a steel beam to bear twice the bell’s weight. The restoration kept the bell on exhibit in a temporary mold while the repairs occurred, preserving its historic journey from 1751 casting to symbolic national icon.
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