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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont. This issue notes standard publication practices for the newspaper in October 1962.
The piece defends the federal government’s use of armed force to restore order in Oxford Mississippi, arguing it protected the Union and restrained mob violence. It notes the Sunday timing as a tactical risk and discusses the red neck element and Southern student tensions, with reference to arrest and detention actions.
The speaker urges firm federal action to restore order and end de facto apartheid in the Deep South. If the University of Mississippi must close to enforce the law, so be it. Governor Barnett and allies seek segregation akin to South Africa, but America must stand for the law.
Actress and former Academy president Bette Davis, 54, posts a plaintive ad seeking steady Hollywood employment. The piece highlights her career highs from The Little Foxes to Of Human Bondage and notes her autobiography The Lonely Life.
In Mississippi, Gov. Ross Barnett defied a federal court order to enroll James Meredith at Ole Miss. Kennedy sent marshals and National Guard to enforce the order, leaving Barnett in a legal trap. Rioting followed, while Barnett’s political future looked buoyant among white Mississippians. Faubus’s similar defiance earlier ended in reelection gains for him.
Hal Boyle jokes that daily growth matters more than fixed goals. He quips about ulcers from stubborn dreams, changing ambitions periodically, and mocks aging rules while noting quirks of bankers, gossip, corn on the cob, and advice to career women as life lessons.
An assemblage of brief quotations on government, action, and civic duty. Amidon defends deliberation at a Bennington dinner while Van Doren and Mollenhoff discuss democratic responsibility and bigotry in public life.
A Berkshire Eagle column notes chestnut sprouts near Salisbury show bars with nuts, raising hope a resistant strain may develop. Lawrence Eddy found thriving sprouts in Canaan, with fruiting now observed. The piece recalls historic chestnut glory, blight spread from an import, and the need for natural disease controls.
President Kennedy met with business editors and publishers in a private Q A session focusing on economics and policy. He acknowledged ongoing unemployment and regional distress while rebuking businessmen for under supporting his tax revision, noting the event aimed to shape public opinion.
Rachel Carson laments the spread of chemical insecticides harming wildlife as man pushes for insect control. Biologists warn of severe wildlife losses while control agencies and industry downplay harms, echoing a biblical parable of indifference.
The note recalls 1850s and 1870s inventions like the bathtub and telephone and jokes about life before rings in 1875. It also praises a sports rival who respects a beaten opponent for principle and notes a maxim about silence at the right time.
Humor column notes parents might need to pull a few wires including TV hi fi and ignition to secure a good schooling for children in Jackson Mississippi.
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