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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial notes a Gordon Sinclair recording praising Americans while contrasting U.S. House action against a $1.5 billion World Bank aid bill. It cites McNamara and Shultz, calls the vote a disaster, and argues rich nations owe charity despite past aid. It contrasts individual compassion with national obligation.
Last night's Bennington caucuses drew record turnout in two District 3 races. Voters show concern for the town’s future as filing nears and independent entrants may join. The Banner pledges to foster direct candidate dialogue and demand clear positions on specific issues before March 5.
A critical essay on mass herd behavior in American culture citing The Exorcist craze and violent media themes. It notes how screen depictions influence youths, mentions Fuzz and real-world copycat crimes, and mocks Puritanical devil chasers while observing Britain’s punitive approach to minor offenses.
Readers react to a Vermont House report on estimated December 1974 state aid for education. The Miller Formula favors northwest counties, hits Windsor Rutland Orange and others, with Chittenden and Franklin gaining. The letter argues wealth as equalized property value misses resident income.
A Vermont study shows 50 of 92 school districts in four southern counties receive no state education aid in 1974 due to land speculation driving up equalized property values. In Bennington County 17 districts list 1974 aid amounts, with many communities previously receiving sizable sums now cut or zero. An unrelated note from Edith M. Ahern reports a recent camp visit at Crow Hill Road, Arlington, where a fuel oil tank was emptied and heat was lost, suggesting possible oil theft or borrowing.
Letters to The Banner describe a need for lodging breakfast and carpooling for 472 music students attending the New Land Music Festival March 21 22 and 23 in Bennington. Call Ruth Levin or the school music office to offer space and meals in Shaftsbury. Also lawmaker notes propose Vermont IDEA reform of education aid distribution.
The Grants region pursued statehood with a January 1777 convention at Westminster, voting to form a separate district named New Connecticut. Ira Allen and Reuben Jones served as clerks, and a declaration of independence followed, supported by Continental Congress backing for self governance.
Final Vermont column reflects on stubborn independence as Vermont’s defining trait. The author departs for California to pursue a master’s degree and shares three poems that praise local independence and a landlocked swamp’s quiet resilience.
The speaker contrasts perfect pines with humans, noting how trees stand rigid and unbent by gusts and snow. They wonder if men could be equally fair, imagining a row of pines sharing the strain. A cut pine would break, hinting at danger and critique of the rowmaker, who is wished dead.
Poem depicts a speaker overwhelmed by a glittering sea that swallows anticipation and fear. Rivers personify consciousness and coldness, pouring into a rising golden sea while the speaker clings to a leaning limestone shelf, wondering how to survive the lure and mystery of the sea.
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