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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
With the Mt Anthony budget approved, the community could move past past clashes and pursue calm, constructive plans for improving the school system. Teachers sacrificed pay raises, seniors face a final six weeks, and residents are urged to set aside old grudges to enhance education for future classes.
U S Treasurer Frances Neff told Burlington officials on Tuesday that lawmakers spend too much money because people demand more services. The remark shifts from demand by the public to demand for bureaucratic planning and study in enclaves.
The editorial recalls Dr Peleg Matteson who died at 92 and lived through much of Bennington's 200 year history. It notes his lifelong interest in the area and his resilient spirit despite aging. The piece also laments the loss of Lasher home near Cushman plant and lampoon notes on local bureaucracy and Rainbow Alley. It jokes about Nixon tapes and USC football, then critiques Millersville Penn school board dropping occult and Bible courses, calling it throwing out the baby with the bath water.
The piece argues that expert opinions, while informative, should not override public judgment. It cites fluoridation, the Manhattan Project, and Vietnam as cases where elite guidance was filtered or contested. It warns that democratic decision making rests with the people’s representatives, not unquestioning deference to specialists.
A Letter To The Editor contrasts Tom Salmon and Bob Stafford for U S Senate. It portrays Salmon as front runner with strong publicity, national image, charisma and travel, while Stafford is described as frugal and reserved, resembling Calvin Coolidge.
A letter by George Abbott of Underhill argues for Stafford in the Vermont U S Senate race. He contrasts Stafford with Gov. Salmon, praising Stafford for charity, labor support, and Vermont allegiance while noting Salmon’s practical politics and lottery stance.
A Vermont writer reflects on the West River Otter Creek Danby in April. He compares spring river changes from ice breakup to rising water music. He cites Roderick Haig Brown's river book and muses on rivers shaping life and landscape.
Helena Shevlin Moore reflects on changes in Bennington, noting the closure of Pitt sford sanitorium once key for tuberculosis care, past elimination of diphtheria, and ongoing welfare programs. She questions enduring poverty despite progress, while praising dental clinics and heated school buses for children.
In a reflective take on 25 years since Ike proposed the domino theory the author weighs Kissinger Peres and Ford against the idea noting global nervousness in Asia and the Pacific. The piece questions US defense lines and past assurances as the United States reconsiders its role and alliances abroad.
In Maidstone England the Bridge House Hotel installed a time clock and issued numbered punchcards to about 50 regular male customers who must clock in and out. Landlord Jack Williams says wives distrust alibis and fines sixpence to charity for those who fail to punch.
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