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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues Reagan's Alabama visit aids George Wallace's myth of incorruptible populism. It notes Wallace tax policies favored large corporations and imposed high sales taxes, and highlights graft allegations tied to Wallace’s brother. The piece warns against repeating Agnew and Nixon misjudgments as Wallace leads early Democratic polls.
A Vermont newspaper lampoons a government release announcing trout season as starting April 26. The editorial mocks the error, calls for better communication between the Development Department and Fish and Game, and jokes about disciplinary measures for the editor.
The Putnam Square Cynic visits the office to claim Bennington County faces bias as radical types gather in Windham and Brattleboro. He cites Paula Welden’s disappearance, Ms. magazine attention, an Interstate highway nearby, and potential ties to Patricia Hearst as factors affecting local pride.
In a letter to The Banner Arlington praises Con Stable Farrell for enforcing speed and noise limits. The writer urges continued employment and requests town payment for his radar, noting Farrell’s round the clock visibility, responsiveness, and positive impact on road safety.
Earlier letters argued the Bennington Program is no more expensive per pupil than regular high school, countering claims of higher costs. The writer asserts the program is actually $197.15 less costly per pupil.
Bennington program shows pupil per year that exceeds MAUHS levels and prompts debate over folding back into Mt. Anthony complex. Twenty eight of the twenty nine students who left the program against guidance and returned to the high school have since.
A reader from Arlington praises Constable Farrell for radar speed enforcement on Route 7, arguing it improves tourist safety and road conditions. The letter advocates upholding laws, reducing speeders, and sustaining Arlington as a safe, natural town while praising local graduates and noting contrasts with MAUHS college rates.
A noted tribute recalls a summer in Canada meeting a Vermont native who described Dorset as so near Heaven that you can hear God walk. Helena Shevlen Moore resides at 103 Hicks Ave.
An observer recalls a cold start that yields to a spring cue as a geese flight appears in V formations over a ridge. The sight is described with vivid nature imagery and a sense of renewal, comparing waterfalls and mountains to the grandeur of the geese in flight.
The author recalls wintering on Jersey in the Channel Islands after World War II, noting bilingual Jersey French and English, and how double talk aided honest discourse. He describes Sark’s land tenure, Seigneural authority, and local building rules, comparing island regulations across Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Ireland England, and praising island democracies for centuries of listened-to, harmonious governance.
Washington notes recall Kissinger's four volume foreign policy series signed by Nixon and written with care 1970 to 1973. The critic questions Vietnamization's progress costs and whether South Vietnam is a real country or merely a product of wishful thinking. The piece critiques fiscal loss, civilian deaths, and the flawed belief in a self reliant Saigon.
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