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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
An editorial argues that racial discrimination in Southern Vermont mirrors national biases. It notes migrant Negro workers in Benn ington County face scrutiny, discusses assimilation challenges, and urges inter-racial goodwill and active community contact through church programs to improve relations.
Bennington selectmen postponed a policy decision on using a taxpayer owned sanitation pickup truck. The motion kept the truck on plant grounds during off duty hours to avoid creating an emergency precedent. Critics warn such fringe benefits erode sound municipal personnel policies and could affect the town's treatment plant operations.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania a Milwaukee woman claimed the women’s championship by keeping her pipe lit for 45 minutes and 17 seconds while the men’s winner lasted 64 minutes. The event featured remarks about talking and smoking.
The piece argues Europe must increase military and economic contribution as U S lag persists. It highlights imbalances in NATO burden, warns of reduced U S influence and potential auto-legal shifts unless policies, taxes, and retraining adapt to a rising European economy.
In rebuttals to reviews of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, critics insist pesticides without the word POISON on labels are not poisons. The letter argues tolerances prove toxicity, cites dieldrin and chlordane limits, warns home gardeners face danger, and credits Carson for thorough research. H Gleason Mattoon, editor Dorset.
Dr Charles L Brown notes in Hospitals that when patients are ill visits may help but excessive visits can hinder recovery and strain staff resources.
In Hancock Massachusetts the former Shaker poultry house, built 84 years ago, is restored as Hancock Shaker Village visitor center museum and offices. The piece notes Shaker history, community decline after the Civil War, and the museum project by Shaker Community Inc.
Hal Boyle humorously explains a nervous speaker’s ordeal from being pressured by a boss to give a speech to the long night of formalities and a brief five minute finish. The tale ends with a standing ovation as a lesson that jokes and a single clear message win crowds.
A physician near Ohio State University stadium faced blocked driveways on game days. After failed warning signs the doctor’s 12 year old improvised a new sign vowing to let air out of tires if parked in the driveway, and parking no longer occurred.
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