Bennington Banner Publisher and daily schedule note
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 429 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201. This note confirms the newspaper’s operating pattern and office address for readers and advertisers seeking.Mail and subscription inquiries go to the same office location.
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Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
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Three Rs in Mt Anthony dispute over pay and policy
In a tense Mt Anthony Union High School stand off over teacher salaries the board defends keeping costs down while teachers resist a freeze below inflation. A fact finding panel offers a future raise and merit ideas but sparks debate. A looming strike, parental ambivalence, and calls for compromise threaten to sidetrack education as both sides face ultimatums and public scrutiny.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Factfinders
Mt. Anthony
Bennington
Editor notes on travel and local town planning
Observations compare driving times from Bennington to Middlebury and criticize postal delivery speed. The note mocks a 48 hour mail route and jokes about tortoise transport. It also mentions Bennington selectmen declining a pseudo colonial portico for the new police HQ and suggests an alternate rain awning idea.
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Bennington
Middlebury
U.S. 7
U.S. Postal Service
Department
South Street
Bennington license fight splits with North Bennington trustees
Karl Harrington recounts turmoil over a restaurant liquor license in North Bennington. He claims a stacked Monday meeting and denounces a reversal of a trustees decision despite zoning allowances for commercial uses. He cites mortgage pressures, neighbor support, and liquor inspectors arguing the need to keep youths off streets, while trustees deny obstruction and pledge to review the case.
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Banner
Bennington
Heritage House
Mobil
Monument Plaza
William Flood
North Bennington
Flood
Carbarn
Ray Crosier
Ray
Martin Percey
North
Shaftsbury
Dr. Flood
Selectmen
Better Business and Consumer Associations
Bennington Board of Selectmen
Karl Harrington
Town of
Mr. Harrington
Harrington
Frederick H. Welling
Lawyers as instruments for social change in the United States
An analysis of how law acts as a tool for social reform in America. The piece argues lawyers shape constitutional and social outcomes, contrasts US and British legal cultures, cites Dred Scott and Hughes, notes education, public service, and the duties of the profession, and highlights figures like Francis Plimpton and Ralph Nader as examples.
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London
American Bar Association
Indiana
Westminister Hall
Inns of Court
United States
de Tocqueville
Britain
Supreme Court
England
Ralph Nader
Francis T.P. Plimpton
New York
Lindsay’s 1972 Dilemma for New York’s Mayor
John V. Lindsay, mayor of New York, faces a pivotal 1972 decision that could shape his national role. He cannot remain passive while weighing whether to run or fight Nixon in the GOP, given his pledge that urban problems require Washington action. The choice narrows to whether to run in Republican primaries or pivot strategy.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
United States
Lindsay
John Lindsay
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Lindsay’sbridging path to the brass ring debated
The piece weighs John Lindsay’s political options as the 1970s loom. It argues a move to the Democratic Party could boost his ambitions but risk his credibility, while staying in the GOP seems unlikely to advance him. It contemplates a 1976 presidential bid if he runs as a Democrat.
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Lindsay
Nixon
John Lindsay
George McGovern
Edmund Muskie
Spiro Agnew
Praise for Union Carbide and public concerns in Bennington
A letter to The Banner praises Union Carbide Corp for its employee focus and community role in Bennington. The writer defends the company amid a fish kill controversy, calling it a tragic accident and urging continued trust. A second voice quotes Archibald MacLeish criticizing government surveillance and secrecy.
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Union Carbide Corp
Bennington
Union Carbide Co
Day lilies in batter a wild plant feast
A writer shares summer foraging and home cooking with tempura style frying. Readers learn to batter and fry day lily buds and flowers along with other garden and wild greens. Recipes use flour and water batter, various oils, and frying heats. The piece notes caution to dry ingredients to avoid oil splatter and mentions Trudy's Tempura Platter contest.
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Trudy
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Editorial
Karl B. Harrington
Dred Scott
Eudora Thomas Sabo
Family Weekly
By Tom Braden
Union Carbide
Edna Smith
Archibald MacLeish
New York Times
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