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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont, confirming its local newspaper status and address.
The editorial notes the first steps toward a regional Union School District No. 14 to serve Bennington area communities. Arlington and Sunderland vote Monday on joining the district and possibly merging elementary schools. Costs rise with or without merger, but benefits include expanded vocational and college-bound courses and equal opportunities for Sunderland and Arlington children.
The British Association for the Advancement of Science proposed English as a world language. English already dominates global use in media education and aviation. Adoption as a universal second language would avoid replacing native tongues while enabling international communication.
Arbor Acres of Glastonbury driven by Henry Saglio builds on Mt Hope farm genetics to produce table eggs from the Leghorn line. 7,000 hens, shipped from Mt Hope, fuel a global expansion promising larger eggs and 360 eggs per bird per year, as the Saglio name grows across the United States and beyond.
Ruth Rasey presents Out of the Saltbox the Savour of Old Vermont a multi chapter account of a Vermont hill town from 1769 onward. The work blends family life diary sources and local records to illuminate daily life, crafts, cheese and maple syrup industries, and enduring Yankee character.
An anonymous reader questions an Outdoor Life bear hunting piece by Gene Roy from Vermont's Northeast Kingdom during the 1961 season. Officials confirm the hunt stayed within legal sunset limits and a 430 pound bear was the largest Vermont took that year. The column notes upcoming deer and antlerless seasons and warns anonymous letters will be discarded. The piece recalls fog on Sucker Pond hindering visibility for teen hunters and a past ice fishing trip.
The White House seeks to end the Congress quarrels as Kennedy campaigns for a larger Democratic majority. Senators Kerr Russell Smathers Morse Kirwan are cited for partisan clashes and obstruction affecting the 1964 agenda. The piece argues the 88th Congress may resemble the 87th if power is not restrained.
A car ran off a highway, broke through guard rail, rolled down a cliff and stopped. A passing motorist aided the unharmed driver who joked about being a stunt driver and possibly drunk.
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