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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Vermont lawmakers and candidates push analysis of Rutland Railway options including state takeover, a statewide transportation authority, and highway impacts. Rep. Hoff seeks deeper study on economic effects and alternatives to abandonment, while public information remains limited.
The editorial argues the Peace Corps must remain secular and separate from church activities. It notes early joint contracts with missionary groups blurred lines, praising director Sargent Shri ver for correcting the mistake and restoring the wall between church and state.
In a State of the Union note, President Kennedy seeks Congress gift for stand by authority to cut personal income taxes during downturns. He argues a time limited tax cut can curb recession, with advisers backing the plan and critics calling it a trial balloon.
The Chinese philosopher Hu Shih died in Formosa at seventy. He stood for individual rights through revolution, war, and dictatorship, serving as ambassador to Washington 1938–1942 and later advising Chiang Kai shek in Chungking. He opposed dictatorial trends and publicly protested Lei Chen’s 1960 sedition trial.
The Banner reports Senator George D Ai ken defends William H Meyer’s right to run for the senate this fall while Hu’s life traces China’s upheaval from old order to new. Hu’s faith in humanity remains despite revolution and political peril.
The debate over featherbedding pits labor against management across industries from railroads to Broadway. Workers fear job loss as automation and rules keep people on payroll, while unions push for safeguards and phased cuts.
The writer disputes a Vermont paper's claim that Sam Ogden of Landgrove is an erstwhile ticket taker and warns about libel risks. He recalls past roles, praises honesty, and recalls choosing a local country school over a controversial town center building amid an impoverished community battle.
The Landgrove School Building Committee used Friday night square dances at F&M Hall to raise funds for a new school. Bootleg activity flourished around the hall while residents paid for music, refreshments, and tickets, with memories of those lively gatherings lingering.
A promoter proposes blasting Mount Snow to create a ski bowl with an atom bomb at a cost of about one million dollars. He claims no fallout would reach Vermont and says the blast would produce rock powder for a new ski area, provoking alarm among Vermont residents and officials.
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