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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
President Ford defers national health insurance citing deficits as unemployment rises. Proposals seek to extend coverage for laid-off workers, but gaps remain for low income and nonworking individuals. Vermont lawmakers face narrow action with campus drinking spots bill drawing opposition from bar owners and critics.
Bennington Bicentennial Committee and the local AAUW section organized a talks series on local history with researchers like Alex Drysdale and Joseph Parks sharing findings. Parks combines newcomer objectivity with town empathy, drawing interest as the bicentennial nears and more meetings are hoped for to learn and share memories and knowledge.
A Bennington reader urges Lent giving from abundance to aid the hungry. He contrasts famine in distant lands with plentiful U.S. food, calls for sharing canned and fresh provisions, and finds hope in Easter lilies and a garden’s yield that can feed those in true need.
Letters from Bennington County Bicentennial Corp leaders applaud coordination with The Banner on a pictorial history of Bennington County and adjacent New York State. They thank Tom Brockway and Lawrence Miller for guiding the pictorial history subcommittee and note cross-town committee support.
Lawrence E Harrington, Bennington Mall Board member, argues the Mt Anthony Union budget omits raises and proper staffing, risks deficit spending, and fails to curb dropout rates. He urges focusing on the multi occupations program over the costly Bennington Boys and Girls Program, warning about waste and harm to 2000 pupils.
Rob Woolmington misrepresented a Bennington College Time for education motion during a Tuesday Ad Hoc committee meeting. The speaker asserts the motion was amended and voted upon, disputes Woolmingtons quoted remarks, and argues scheduling should serve educational goals with student clubs and volunteer programs integrated into the day.
Vermont political nostalgia recalls Chester A Arthur and James Garfield era, noting both men taught in Pownal and Arthur's famed style. 1890s Vermont politics are framed by McKinley praise in St Albans and a quirky butter gift to Mrs McKinley, with Vermont travelers and bands adding color to the trip to Canton Ohio.
The passage recalls a celebratory reception for McKinley era figures in Vermont with extensive press coverage. It notes Bryan’s free coinage stance and the cross of gold reference. It mentions Roosevelt’s Burlington visit for a Vermont Fish and Game League dinner and his Vermont-descended descendants.
The author questions the shifting meanings of liberal and conservative across decades and argues definition depends on context. He recounts Henry Jackson, Adam Smith, and his own philosophical triangle of truth equality of opportunity and freedom. He concludes liberalism is freedom plus opportunity to reason toward truth and that many labeled conservatives are liberals, while many labeled liberals are dogmatists. He ends by saying he will stop using the term.
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