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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corp at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial notes that despite courtroom wins since theScopes trial, publishers water down or ignore evolution to ensure nationwide distribution. It warns of rising costs like gasoline and fuel oil, signaling broader consumer price pressures, especially in New England, and asks where the trend ends.
A critique of how fear of controversy shapes biology education from high school texts to state boards. The piece notes Texas texts rarely mention evolution, California debates for equal time, and parallels the Scopes era with modern activism. It also satirizes gender perceptions in the military and publishing.
Mountain Chatter recounts July activity around Skylark Vermont with road work nearby and a return to mountain quiet. Walter Hilma and Joanne host a Guilford ski expert Clifford Taylor promoting the Graduated Length Method and his Never a Beginner film. The visit to Hancock Massachusetts follows with Stumpf family and Rosows, antique talks, garden chatter, and a rain-delayed recovery. A reader from N Petersburg weighs in on a tree swallow nest theft by a wren, and the author notes a pond frog disappearance.
Opinion piece notes that New York City saw nine violent deaths last Tuesday with four killed by handguns and two by shotguns. It cites 1973 handgun homicide figures and Gallup polling showing majority support for universal firearm registration, while Congress and the President fail to act.
The Ford administration Palms at controls sidestep methods to curb handgun ownership. Gun owners push back while gun control advocates stay silent on polls. The piece notes the high gun death toll nationwide and in New York, urging Americans to pressure leaders.
A Letter To The Editor from a reader replies to Bernadette Gemmell’s July 10 letter and to a June 26 letter, accusing the earlier correspondence of misreading and of inflaming passions.
A speaker defends talking with Mr. Murray at the polls as protected by the Constitution. The statement claims not to attack Murray’s past actions and affirms Mrs Gemmell’s right to her opinion while noting Murray won by a margin as yet unspecified.
A Bennington letter critiques a Banner piece about bad roads deterring visitors described as well healed. The writer suggests the term well heeled would reveal a monetary motive, not medical issues, and questions local political and school board leadership while noting absentee ballots and veterans’ respect.
Lincoln To the Editor of The Banner reflects on Abraham Lincoln and his ideals. The author recalls his concern for the dead and maimed and imagines Lincoln witnessing a black student receiving a degree, urging emancipation and freedom. Signed by Helena Shevlen Moore of Hicks Ave.
Montpelier reader Brian Vachon critiques Waring Partridge Washington column in The Banner. He questions whether Partridge is paid by word or by cliché and wonders how such writing is funded.
In a careful briefing with Rabin after Bonn talks with Kissinger, leaders glimpse a possible interim agreement with Egypt by summer end. Rabin urges no rush and no American pressure, while both sides explore a four year deal with renewal, military maps, and buffers. US support and arms remain key as Israelis foresee cautious progress and Soviet dynamics.
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