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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1975
Page
5
In Friendship, a small town of 800 people, boys chased unplanned games like scrub all summer after school closed. Scrub resembled baseball with improvised rules, no official umpires, taped gear, and free roster movement, a contrast to supervised activities later promoted by public funds.
The piece argues that social harmony, justice, and environmental protection can align with modest growth, but true progress requires addressing energy costs, pollution, and inequities. It notes growth fuels jobs yet worsens smog and resource waste, urging leadership and coordinated policy beyond growth slogans.
A Bennington office receives authorization to place 125 men at work across several sites including the reservoir Ore Bed Road Silk Road and a town farm painting job. Also noted are a church restoration project and a school superintendent election to replace Donald W. McClelland. Other items recount historic flood cautions and notable local events.
Walter Cronkite's suggestion for a national American Issues Forum spurred a reading list by the Bicentennial Commission and the NEH, but critics say eight million copies costing 220189 reveal librarians tilting materials leftward. The list mixes classics with liberal works and few conservative titles, threatening a biased dialogue and perceived brainwashing.
A satirical note from the Milwaukee Sentinel and Chicago Sun-Times contrasts diets with cost, claiming a third of the nation is poorly fed housed and clothed while camping season returns and readers face frugal living.
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