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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The article argues Carter's human rights push amid Brezhnev's disapproval risks derailing arms talks and delaying progress on human rights. It contends U.S. pressure may provoke Soviet resistance, with limited gains and possible return to a stiffer Cold War atmosphere.
A discussion of California court actions allowing parental conservatorship over adult children drawn into the Unification Church. The piece questions whether such rulings infringe the First Amendment and the freedom of religious practice, and whether adult individuals can be deemed mentally incompetent to protect themselves from religious pressure.
The piece contrasts last winter's heavy storms and high fuel bills with the returning signs of spring. It cites Mark Twain on springtime weather variability and warns that greeting spring too early can mislead, noting March's uncertainty in temperate zones.
Britons resist rushing spring and Dorset waits for May. Shakespeare notes weather foibles. The piece urges patience with seasonal change, praising buds, green, breeze, birdsong, and the return of baseball and bathing suits as signs of coming better days, not guarantees of warmth. The Burlington Free Press ends with a call to honest effort.
Informal notes discuss China’s view of the United States and the Soviet Union, stressing Taiwan, disarmament, and balance of power. A side vignette compares a man’s peaceful home affair with political cautions and personal reflections on international diplomacy.
The narrator recalls a day with his children home from college and the mixed signals of finances, boredom, and late meals as tensions ease after candid talks. A daughter abroad, another considering quitting, and a sleeping pill end a tense exchange.
A Virginia observation notes how the flight to suburbia feeds rapid growth near Washington and Boston New York Montreal corridors. Tyson’s Corner becomes a major Fairfax County economic center with highways, a vast shopping complex, and rising land values. The writer recalls a vanished countryside and warns of further land use change as population spreads.
The letter to the editor from Arlington presents a commemorative palm Sunday hymn praising Jesus Christ as the Savior and Messiah. It extols the Coming One and invites reverent, global resonance of the Holy, Holy, Holy praise. It closes with the Hosanna in the Highest benediction.
A lifelong baseball devotee bets on a long shot at the racecourse. As his horse nears the finish against the favorite, he shouts a cheeky line, Slide, you dummy, slide. Modern Maturity notes the humorous moment.
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