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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
A nine member Vermont federal citizens group studies whether New York style minimum drinking age of 18 should be adopted. Governor Keyser favors 18 but doubts Vermont legislature will pass. Rep Hoff opposes lowering citing home and maturity concerns.
The piece argues fallout from U S nuclear tests in the Pacific causes real harm, outweighing patriotic defenses. It contrasts public reassurance with evidence of disease from past tests and calls for continued protest to pressure a global halt and influence policy.
A Weston Vermont report notes Vermonters formed the Route 100 Association to keep Route 100 pristine. They praise a new law allowing seizure of land that mars scenery and vow to fight neon stands, roadside signs, and tourist traps along the highway. They aim to preserve quiet New England country living.
Washington observers debate whether President Kennedy favors business incentives while opposing price and wage controls. He pressed for duty to curb gold outflow, tax credits to spur plant modernization, and a middle course between liberal spending and conservative restraint amid broader economic stresses.
A Western visitor in Berlin notes the stark contrast between West and East Berlin. West Berlin thrives with fashion shops nightlife and the Kudamm district while East Berlin shows war scars and decay. A bus tour contrasts ideologies with a Communist guide and East Berlin access for occupation power nationals.
Philip H. Phenix, a 46 year old professor at Teachers College Columbia University, argues that education must cultivate a coherent system of values. Without a shared focus on worthy ends, knowledge and skills become useless and harmful to individuals and society.
President Kennedy has shown a conciliatory tone toward business after the steel price clash, aiming to keep inflation in check without appearing soft. He warns against using his office to fix individual prices while signaling readiness to act if labor or industry push too hard, shaping a patient, strategic approach.
The piece traces daylight saving time from Franklin’s 18th century proposal through Willett and Churchill, noting its adoption in Britain during World War I and U.S. wartime and postwar shifts. It highlights farmer opposition, power and safety claims, and a joke about church timing.
A man crossing a suburb street was knocked down by a huge St Bernard bounding across the intersection. He got up, was bowled over again by a small foreign sports car, and remarked that the dog’s tail tie almost killed him.
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