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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201, excluding Sundays and holidays.
Editorial accuses the Vermont Library Board of avoiding a hearing on renaming Niggerhead in Marshfield. Otis McRae of Goddard College faced dismissive remarks about confronting personalities, while local officials and House Speaker Walter Kennedy were ridiculed for racist remarks and a House stance that mocked changing the name. The piece denounces the mockery of Black people and the entrenched prejudice in state politics.
A Vermont hearing highlighted the hurt caused by the mountain brook and pond named Niggerhead as McRae plans to take the complaint to Washington. Support pours in from Sen. Edward Brooke and Rep. Shirley Chisholm while Vermont’s leadership faces backlash for resisting a name change. The state’s image and harmony are questioned as officials defend tradition over goodwill.
Town selectmen back a restoring pocket park between the courthouse and Girls' Club building honoring military veterans. Mt Anthony horticulture students would help plant red, white, and blue flowers and the park would blend beauty, education, and patriotism. The piece praises the Bennington Plain Dirt Gardeners for proposing the idea and urges expansion to other spots with benches and greenery. It notes the Vermont Legislature renamed Soldiers Home to Vermont Veterans Home and muses on the old term’s romance versus accuracy.
A continued profile of Spiro Agnew portraying him as candid and combative with journalists and officials alike. He opposes engaging China diplomatically for propaganda gain and faces White House friction while pursuing a consistent, if sometimes contradictory, conservative stance.
To the Editor the writer argues animals are not defenseless and condemns a letter by Louise G. Larus about a bobcat photo. The author questions who is truly defenseless, noting cattle lambs calves are slaughtered daily and suggesting vegetarianism as a possibility. He contrasts bobcats with raccoons rabbits and deer.
A letter to The Banner argues that pollution rules fail to deter improper waste disposal and burden buyers. It urges targeting incompetent septic systems, expanding site controls, and evaluating true costs of laws. It calls for Vermont governor to appoint environmentally minded officials to study effectiveness and costs.
The writer records a chilly Patriot's Day scene at Fenway Park with thousands of kids, spring hints in Concord and Landgrove, and a 13 inning Red Sox loss to Cleveland. He notes garden work delays, a Rodale Press reissue, and concerns about growing seasons and a waning carnival spirit amid Vietnam-era tensions.
A New York voice analyzes Chou En-lai's reception of the U S ping pong team in Peking. It questions motives behind inviting the players, notes D J Lee Lee Dal Joon's absence, and contrasts diplomacy with sport amid Cold War tensions. The piece warns of manipulated perceptions and cultural cautions.
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