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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
Editorial argues Bennington should fund a charter study and planning commission to modernize the village charter and examine town village consolidation. Voters rejected a $2,500 request for professional help, citing tax worry and disdain toward government changes. The piece urges budgetary skimping to enable reform and restart consolidation talks.
The Hague houses bitter Dutch reaction to U S policy over West New Guinea and Indonesia. Officials fault Washington for Sukarno’s rise and fear loss of the last Dutch territory. Public anger centers on Kennedy’s Jakarta visit and air travel curbs affecting KLM amid Cold War tensions.
AP News Analyst argues that nuclear age demands new arrangements for peaceful coexistence between the United States and the Soviet Union. He cites past restraint, fear of nuclear war, and Monroe Doctrine debates as factors shaping current policy and urges reason over aggression to avoid mutual destruction.
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania housed rheumatism patients in a climatron to simulate storm conditions. The subjects reportedly predicted the various weather patterns accurately, matching the adjustments of air flow temperature humidity and pressure.
The piece profiles Stuart Hughes, Harvard historian and independent candidate, who promotes a peace-focused view in which American capitalism adapts to others needs. Hughes argues for flexible policy, less nuclear fear, and a world with multiple regional centers rather than a single Western-led order. He praises Hughes book An Approach to Peace.
Hal Boyle notes that calling someone fat headed exposes ignorance. Brain cells hold little fat. An electronic brain with 15 billion tubes would rival a human brain. British genealogical services can trace family trees for 2000.
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The Bennington Little League expresses appreciation to all who enabled the Sept 16 trip for the boys to the Yankee Red Sox game in Boston. Gratitude goes to Village President James Gibney, the Bennington Village Trustees, Father Spinelli, Bennington Catholic High School, and the Bennington Graded School District.
Local humor captures a resident named Will Knott famed for laziness. A stranger learns the village joke that he signs only as Won’t, a playful quip about performative idleness in this rural setting.
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