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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Manchester senator Madeline Harwood was elected to the University of Vermont board on the 10th ballot amid politicking. The piece argues her lack of outspoken policy positions and substantive legislative achievement make her selection a disappointing milestone rather than a qualified appointment.
The article argues that legislative control over UVM creates a conflict of interest and stifles independent thought. It notes nine trustees appointed by the legislature, eight by alumni, four by the governor, with the governor and president ex officio, and calls for a divorce of legislature from the Vermont State Colleges. It examines budget politics, suggests direct VSAC subsidies to students, and weighs pros and cons for a freer, more competitive higher education system.
In a Banner letter, T Wesley Grady urges reforms in the criminal justice system to unify police, courts, and corrections toward one aim: crime control. He argues current fragmentation fuels contempt for law, misdirected budgets, and rising youth crime, advocating focus on preventing youth crime while stressing a long, difficult cure. Underhill Center.
Editor notes reveal Bennington village offices discarded dozens of leather-bound record volumes found obsolete by state authorities. They were moved in a town truck to a landfill while a museum check might have preserved them. The volumes, potential scrapbooks or auction items for service clubs, were deemed expendable.
Moscow seeks Suez open to secure an alternate route to the Orient while Egypt’s Sadat weighs gains. Arabs demand refugee settlement before any Israel peace move, with Dr. Walter Pinner contesting UNRWA counts and arguing 367,000 genuine refugees exist versus 950,000 listed. The piece notes self-serving use of camps and parallels Israeli absorption of Jewish refugees after 1948. The market tale and unrelated quip conclude the column.
A sweeping 1971 round up notes gunfire in the Middle East riots on multiple continents and rising living costs. It mentions global tension from Paris to Cairo, with figures like Billy Graham at a prayer breakfast and Wilbur Mills near Washington. The piece highlights long running intelligence concerns and a broad sense of geopolitical strain.
The fragment blends a housebound diary with global politics and cultural notes. It references Nixon era events and figures, Meo tribesmen, budget overruns, and a long meditation on blue jays inspired by a poem, ending with a personal note on illness, birds, and a Circe-like bird song.
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