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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 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.
The Bennington Tutorial Center confronts a tough financial period. The advisory board is praised for quick action and for bringing the issue to town officials. The center has served welfare recipients and factory workers, helping them earn GEDs and qualify for nurse training, while keeping costs low with volunteers. Critics urge clearer guidelines for town-funded agencies to prevent future crises.
The piece argues that despite President Ford's claim the Vietnam War ends for the U S, America must uphold moral and material responsibilities to South Vietnam. It urges continued aid for evacuees, refugees, and the displaced, not as repayment but in friendship, toward a new era of U S Vietnamese relations.
The author recalls a Park- McCullough House talk on Turkey by Fred and Rebecca Latimer and shares a practical look at raised beds. It reviews historical use, benefits like drainage and quicker soil warming, and details the Keller method from Blair & Ketchum's Country Journal. It contrasts California double digging with European methods and outlines bed construction, soil blends, and planting approaches.
A Bennington town discussion portrays fluoridation as a new subversion threat. Citizens warn of hidden conspirators in schools reservoirs and media while linking fluoride to wider cultural decay and censorship.
The Torrington Register scrutinizes Newsweek essays by George W. Ball and others, arguing that U S policy and missteps led to South Vietnam’s fall. It questions leadership choices, treaties, and the balance of blame between American actions and Vietnamese resistance, contrasting past leaders with current figures. The piece critiques rhetoric of self-critique and insists the real cost was paid by South Vietnamese who opposed northern rule.
The Hank Snow Show committee at MAUHS thanks The Banner staff for support in making the April 16 event a success. Bennington merchants and residents helped raise over $2,000 for Sacred Heart School, and performers praised the audience, extending the show by an extra hour and a half. Cochairmen Mrs. William Bronson and Mrs. Louis Blais express gratitude.
A correction appears in Tuesday's Banner clarifying the authorship of Mab Duhamel and Lucia Howard, as readers were sometimes confused by who wrote as Mab or Lu. The note references Old Bennington and credits Mab B Duhamel and Lucia B Howard.
In a Detroit Free Press view, April 19 1975 marks an imagined day 200 years after the Lexington and Concord clashes with Redcoats marching from Boston. The piece reflects on Colonial motives, leadership, and the stubborn resolve of small unpaid troops who forged independence.
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