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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
In a letter from Mt Anthony Union High School students, several hundred sign a plea to approve the $3.6 million budget for next year’s junior and senior high programs. Voters in all districts decide next Tuesday.
A potential historic preservation grant could fund a 50 50 restoration of Putnam Square in Bennington Vermont with participating property owners. A revived square would enhance town pride and preserve sturdy local history in southwestern Vermont.
The Burlington Free Press argues no weapon is truly safe and the claim of harmlessness around tools like tear gas Mace CS gas bean bag rounds and Tasers is a dangerous myth. It urges strict controls and thorough hazard research while recognizing limited benefits in specific cases and warning against overreliance on tech over training.
A group of concerned citizens urges Bamner readers to vote in favor of the Mount Anthony Junior and Senior High Schools budget on February 24. They argue cuts threaten access to required academic and elective courses, potentially harming college eligibility and meeting students needs. The letter notes the vocational department is federally or state funded and safe from cuts.
A long list of signatures from Mt Anthony students and supporters backs the MAU budget. The note clarifies that Banner policy prohibits letters on election issues in the run up to the vote, setting Friday noon as the deadline for letters to appear in the Saturday issue on Feb 21.
The Berkshire Bennington County Recycling Committee now runs operations without a jobber. A volunteer, Edward Flaccus, delivered over a ton of flattened cans to Freedman’s in Green Island. Lucia Howard leads efforts to secure further support from Continental Can of Albany. The group eyes Lincoln New Hampshire and Garden State Paper Co as models for efficient old newspaper recycling with high pay rates and reduced river pollution.
In a letter to The Banner the Mt Anthony Music Department details 600 junior high students in grades 7 and 8 and 400 at the senior high in choruses bands orchestra and piano. It cites performances at Philadelphia and notable works and warns that defeat of the Feb 24 budget would end the program as it exists. Signatories urge a positive vote on the upcoming ballot.
Reader Marion C. Smith urges voters to support the Mount Anthony Union High School budget on February 24 to maintain current courses activities and staff, warning cuts would harm the long developed program and hurt many students. The letter also includes a disclaimer about CIA connections and a provocative rhetorical aside on journalists reporting to authorities.
The writer defends CIA journalist ties as mutually beneficial, argues naming names harms the trade, and urges balanced view amid post Watergate scrutiny. He cites publishers' stance, calls secrecy a two way street, and asserts no subversion by CIA though norms fluctuate.
A misprint in a Wednesday Banner letter signed by Mrs. Anne M. Foster misstated that kidney patients travel to Albany Medical Center two or three times a year. Correct should read two or three times a week.
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