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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily Vermont newspaper published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington, excluding Sundays and holidays.
The piece argues congressional cuts endanger U S foreign policy by limiting aid, despite its cost effectiveness against Communism. It laments public apathy and urges restoring moral idealism, noting America’s wealth and duty to aid poorer nations as justice and brotherly love. It cites Barbara Ward on aid as obligation, not charity.
North Pownal voters rejected joining the Union School District by 51 to 24, citing tax concerns and local schooling. The editorial urges the four nearby towns to reconsider education needs and financial realities as Vermont children attend Hoosick Falls schools at tax cost to New York.
The author praises the President and Attorney General for restraining force in the Mississippi affair and urges a negotiated policy to begin desegregation with the Negro professional elite while delaying co educational high school integration. MR. MEREDITH cited as a model leader in southern racial relations.
W Arthur Simpson of Lyndonville argues that state agencies have expanded staffing and salaries since 1960, raising wages by about 3 million and creating an $34 million biannual payroll. He urges using new revenue to fund education and provide local tax relief, warning against expecting new taxes to replace existing ones.
Pamela Hansford Johnson argues that some men disguise their torment as humor and warns against trusting such jests. A Hospitals article by Charles L. Brown, M.D., notes visitor control in hospitals can be a severe problem worse than poor facilities.
A critical quip defines politics as a disease with telltale symptoms. It notes victims are quick to be recognized by cigar smoking, whispering, and a distinctive rolling walk from months of fence-sitting before elections. The piece contrasts this view with mentions of Geneva talks and Russian testiness.
A reader explores Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring alongside Joseph Wood Krutch and Edward Hicks. The piece argues that both Carson and Krutch offer a tough minded, practical approach to nature, while critics overemphasize danger of chemicals. It cites W. M. Wheeler and notes dangers of applying chemistry to biology.
AP News analyst notes Americans face multiple worries from civil rights, Cuba, Congo, and markets while Congress and the euro trade debate thrill and unsettle. For a few days the World Series provides welcome relief as readers can focus on baseball and momentary escape from fears about space, the space race, and the economy.
A Maquoketa Iowa community note contrasts Indigenous life with white arrival. It recalls communal activities and women’s labor, no taxes or debt, and an erosion-saving soil bank, then argues the white man tried to improve the system but failed.
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