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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays. Publisher is Banner Publishing Corporation at 125 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial honors Harry S Truman for firing Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War and defending integrity. It contrasts him with Richard Nixon, praising his courage, credibility, and decision making, noting his rise from modest credentials to wartime leadership and postwar reconstruction.
In a letter Tony Masso, longtime head of the Vermont Social Welfare Department’s Bennington office, reflects on his service with sensitivity amid bureaucratic rigor. Senator-elect Herbert Ogden touts Amtrak progress and Vermont Rail passenger plans as North Bennington station nears completion. He recalls the Sherman general store in West Rupert and its vandalism, lamenting an uncaring society from top to bottom.
A reader recalls Harry S Truman with affection from youth and a later visit to his library in Independence Missouri. The account highlights Truman’s fortitude humility and generosity toward two journalism students and reflects on his enduring character.
Farewell note from Tony Masso of 9 Park Street Vermont to The Banner staff and Station WATN thanking them for fair treatment. He cites health and family reasons for relocating to San Diego California with his beoteer and family.
Profiles from Vermont recount Joel Ellis rock maple dolls made in Springfield from 1858 to 1873. The durable dolls, crafted with hydraulic pressure faces and metal joints, supported a sizable local industry with 125 workers and a $100,000 business, leaving a museum presence at Shelburne and elsewhere.
The Vermont Association of Railroad Passengers reports growing Amtrak patronage and station upgrades from White River Junction to Essex Junction and St. Albans. It notes car shortages, future prefab builds, water supply fixes, taxi service, and potential commuter links Barre to Burlington and Burlington to New York City, inviting volunteers.
A humor piece defines a housewife as a multi tasking anchor of home life, listing chores from cleaning to chauffeuring. The punchline centers on the sting of being asked if the wife works and the husband’s casual denial.
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