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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It lists 125 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201 as its mailing and business address.
The piece argues Gerald Ford faces conflicting duties as appointed vice president and possible future president. It notes his need to balance loyalty to Nixon with GOP critique, and urges Ford to define his own stance and policies to prepare for a potential presidency amid a distrustful public, fragile economy, and volatile world.
William Loeb comments on Bennington County Sen. Madeline Harwood a Republican candidate for Congress endorsing limited government bold defense and reduced federal spending to curb inflation. She argues the federal government seizes funds and dictates spending harming citizens and warns of creeping costs akin to a Communist state.
The Vermont Senate veteran, a Republican candidate, criticizes President Nixon for delaying clarity on Watergate and urges decisive, forthright action. She vows a frugal campaign, hopes voters nominate her, and believes the state needs a new broom in Washington.
The Boston Globe comments on Lt. Hiroo Onoda and Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi living in Philippine jungles for decades and returning in good health. The piece questions modern habits, notes their fortitude, laments war’s horrors, and ends with a jab at an attorney disbarred for moral obtrusiveness.
Washington writes that Fulbright’s defeat as Arkansas senator interrupts a close working relationship between the Foreign Relations Committee and the State Department. The piece notes Nixon and Kissinger’s shifts toward China and arms control, questions Fulbright’s future role, and compares the U.S. system to Britain’s parliamentary model while praising Fulbright’s past diplomatic service.
An open letter to Rita A. Driscoll in The Banner urges humility through spiritual learning and Parables of Jesus. It commends free speech, praises Bennington College, and wishes her success with cum laude honors for a future worthy profession.
A Burlington Free Press reader praises Mt Anthony School music and drama departments after two concerts by the Stage Band and Red and Blue Bands and a performance of The Sound of Music. The writer credits instructors and all performers for a splendid show.
A reflective piece contrasts fog in Jamaica and Vermont with urban mornings. It laments dry Southern California water costs, praises fog for greens, and recalls a vivid Vermont dawn where mist parts to reveal sunlit ponds, silver birch, singing thrushes, and bright mornings. It ends noting mornings in open hill country are universally beautiful.
A tribute to Stewart Alsop portrays him as the most powerful American journalist of his era. It notes his relentless pursuit of truth, refusing to rely on others’ opinions, and his rule of interviewing three people daily. It also highlights his courage, final illness, Stay of Execution, and dedication to reporting and family.
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