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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont. It serves Bennington and surrounding areas with local news, notices, and community information.
Editorial celebrates Christmas as a universal season of peace love and laughter. It contrasts Ebeneezer Scrooge’s cynicism with the joy of children believers and communal hospitality. The piece urges belief and wishing for lasting goodwill, fearing the day hope fades.
The piece probes Pentagon budget cuts forcing 5000 spies into unemployment leaving 134000 operatives. It questions how a canned spy could exit discreetly and self destructs in 37 seconds while critics doubt Congress sees details of intelligence amid budget debates.
Robert Farrar Capon reflects on weddings from Bed and Board. He notes varied couples and questions whether modern free-choice marriage equals arranged matches of old. The Church cares more about future actions than motives for marriage.
Letters note that the ABC girls left for Minnesota Washington Arizona and Alaska on December 19 and will return January 4. Each plans to bring the costume of her own Indian nation to appeal to Bennington area audiences for authentic dancing not the stereotyped tomahawk style.
A letter to The Banner critiques funding shortfalls for students and praises a Tucker Foundation donation of 15,000 for travel. It also urges expanding open seasons for turkeys and pheasants, cites past stocking and deer issues, and complains about trapping dates. The writer, Guy Mattison, calls wildlife laws inconsistent and asks for reform.
Shaftsbury letters urge continued local backing for the Catamount ABC project as non resident tuition waivers and host families press community volunteers. Frances J. Ross pledges a Christmas contribution to Catamount ABC while praising Diane Lucas for inspiring French cooking through her cookbooks.
Lloyd B. McGuffin of Rochester writes to The Banner condemning political science as a diploma mill and accusing leftists of subversion through lecture content and bibliographies. He complains about the UVM Trustees Parents decision to not rehire and questions academic freedom and hiring, naming figures like Angela Davis in absentia.
A devotional poem asks if each reader has a guiding Star toward heavenly goals Rather than worldly riches It presents Star as a call to service faith and inner peace The piece references Bethlehem Joseph Mary Jesus and universal goodwill urging journey toward grace and blessing
A short verse narrates a lamb seeing the guiding Star and a child savior in a humble home. The scene moves from the fold to a midnight journey, ending with the lamb kneeling in awe before the undefiled Child. Bennington author Helena Shevlen Moore is credited.
A Burlington Letter column critiques the Parenti contract at the University of Vermont, arguing the dismissal reflects broader clashes over liberal education and political science. The writer cites Ruth Frink and Robert Monahan, questions Parenti’s prominence, and notes language shifts from renewal to firing while defending trustees’ actions. The piece links debates to C S Lewis and Herbert Marcuse and ponders the role of professors' beliefs in classrooms.
The Tom Braden Report uses a basketball metaphor to depict Kissinger and the Washington press corps as rival sides. It details background briefings, named reporters like Ben Bradlee and A. M. Rosenthal, and a clash over how statements about Nixon, Kissinger, and India-Pakistan were reported. The piece anticipates a return to normalcy with Bradlee and colleagues back on the court.
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