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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Ford administration selects Judge John Paul Stevens for the Supreme Court, aiming for a balanced pick amid GOP leverage in New Hampshire. The choice, seen as middle of the road, avoids a right wing clash and preserves Court integrity, while sparking debate over gender and minority representation and drawing attention to J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI legacy and the naming of the Washington headquarters.
Tom Braden cites a Bennington College ad hoc committee report urging an end to presumptive tenure and tying contracts to stricter evaluations. The proposal, fueling a faculty student trustees clash, triggers debate over the report’s very existence while Braden notes his daughters once studied there.
A group of property owners and residents ask to add their names to a WBTN commentary opposing a Bennington Planning Commission zone change that would reclassify West Main Street from apartment residential to industrial. The letter urges consistency with the town plan, questions future impact, and notes existing buildings and neighborhoods along Main Street and Route 7.
Mountain life notes recount a snowy Thanksgiving with six inches of powder delaying dinner out. The Berry family cancels dine-in plans, cooks at home, and shares parades, carding birds at Skylark, and local visits. A separate column discusses Bennington planning disputes and college tenure debates across campuses.
Tom Braden surveys campus budget pressures driving moves to abolish tenure or set department quotas. AAUP warns fiscal hardship can justify tenured dismissals, urging cost cutting beyond frills such as athletics and PR. Trustees face a clash of civil liberties and academic freedom amid growing teacher unions.
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