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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1973
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Lanner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 06201.
An editorial extols grace as courage under pressure and a defining trait in leaders from Roosevelt and Truman to Eisenhower and Joan Kennedy. It lauds dignity, resilience, and a inspirational spirit that elevates public life and national faith in American greatness.
The piece contrasts Lyndon Johnson, who stepped down amid waning trust, with Spiro Agnew’s public fight for rights, and condemns Richard Nixon for lacking grace and refusing truth, suggesting he eroded public faith in leaders. It frames Johnson’s resignation as courage, Agnew’s stance as forthright, and Nixon as devoid of grace.
A Page 5 feature details thousands of war orphans in Vietnam many with fathers who were U.S. servicemen. Private agencies strive to aid and place some children with American families while urging Congress to fund adoption costs and potential subsidies to support these children as a national responsibility.
The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration moved to fire six narcotics agents over two ill fated raids in Collinsville Illinois last April both conducted without warrants and targeting the wrong residence. A supervisor at the St Louis office faces demotion as the Justice Department holds hearings with potential appeals to the Civil Service Commission. The acting director John Bartels spearheaded the action signaling accountability in a unit plagued by vigilante style tactics in the drug crisis era.
A reader responds to a Saturday Bennington photo page, correcting errors about Mary Sanford in New York City’s Washington Mews, the monument site spur line, and the Dolomitic monument stone. He discusses Major Valentine’s rebuilding, the Sanford property, Socialist history, and the Martin Cone house near the Academy, noting how the Cone house survived a fire and remained substantially intact.
The Banner notes Cane’s grounds near the monument and a lawn added north of the Academy by Cone. The old Bank Street brick house site, once Wes Hadden’s, was Samuel Sanford’s sideyard after the bank was torn down. Miss Sanford is miscast as a Socialist. the writer contends she was a wealthy socialite, like other “Parlor Pinks” and “Fellow Travelers.”
In March 1772 a Green Mountain Boys raid on Remember Baker’s Arlington home ends with Baker wounded and missing his thumb after a clash with Sheriff Munro and a Yorker posse. Baker escapes via the roof, is captured and later released, sparking a local feud as Ethan Allen’s forces surge and Albany plots unfold.
A Democrat writes to Congressman Tiechard praising Republican stance on budget impoundments and Watergate. The author notes distrust within the White House, questions the government’s national security rationale, and states admiration for Republicans' principled resistance amid administration tactics and scandal. Arlington.
The writer backs President Nixon's stance on Watergate and urges focus on the Special Milk Program Regulation. They argue subsidies are vital for schools with meal programs to avoid cutting milk allowances, citing personal experience as a long-time school agent and warning financial strain could end current milk offerings.
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