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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 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 argues Khrushchev maintains upper hand over neo Stalinists as Cuba eases military tension and China agrees to a cease fire in India. It cautions that Moscow and Beijing may be courting restraint for strategic reasons amid winter campaigns and broader Cold War anxieties.
Federal officials back a home front Peace Corps to tackle neglected needs such as mental hospitals, slum schools, Indian reservations and correctional institutions. About 32 million Americans live below the country’s potential, and a domestic corps could pilot reforms, raise public interest, and attract skilled volunteers, while facing political scrutiny.
Berlin observers see a major dividend from Kennedy's Cuba stance as Khrushchev's Berlin timetable stalls. Moscow's planned moves are delayed, forcing a tactical retreat while Washington gains time to counter Soviet aims in Europe and Cuba. The piece argues the delay benefits the West and underscores Soviet reliance on propaganda and strategic timing.
The New York AP column humorously notes how marriage shifts the couple from idealized courtship to practical partnership. After vows, partners swap romance for routine, as roles swap from pursuit to shared chores, work plans, and day by day adjustments. They conclude life, not ceremony, changes them.
The ruling ends distributors forced bundles of weak and strong films to TV outlets. Prices for better titles may rise while poorer ones drop, but viewers still control what to watch by turning off. The impact on TV schedules remains uncertain despite the decision mirroring 1948 theater rulings.
London correspondent Joseph C. Harsch notes European judgment on Woodrow Wilson as naive and on FDR and Eisenhower as mature yet imperfect in European affairs. He credits Kennedy with displayed adult, successful crisis management in Cuba, while warning North American surplus policies risk ignoring nature. Illinois entomologist George C. Decker comments on surplus disposal challenges.
The column defends a lone aphorism on progress from Ogden Nash in Everyone But Thee and Me while recounting Suzanne Van de Put’s Belgian trial in which a mother fed a drugged mixture to her armless baby. It links the case to global fears of nuclear testing and genetic damage across generations.
AP reports a boost in public trading activity in the stock market as individuals rush back after months of professional dominance. The New York Stock Exchange analyzes May volume, showing 57 percent from individuals, 24 percent from members, 19 percent institutional.
A boy who loved a daily park statue of General Grant on horseback learns his family is moving. On a farewell visit he tears up, then asks who the man on Grant is, prompting a poignant moment captured by Jerome Beatty Jr. in Saturday Review.
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