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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation based at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
A Banner editorial reflects on expanding recreation programs, public funding and access questions in Vermont. It notes growing facilities and services, the costs of operation, and debates over user fees and equity for those far from amenities while contrasting past informal summer play with organized urban recreation.
A Vermont reader praises a new paperback edition of The Book of Landscape Design by Henry B. Raymore and H Stuart Ortloff. The text outlines design principles, history, and practical applications for gardens and public spaces featuring balance, focal points, rhythm, and integration with architecture.
The piece reports on Army use of Tergitol to strip birds of oil, causing exposure deaths at Ft Campbell Kentucky and Greenbriar Tennessee. Pre-treatment bird populations were in the millions, with reductions of 26 percent and 86 percent respectively, mainly targeting starlings grackles brown headed cowbirds and red winged blackbirds. The tone notes curiosity about doves and references public relations framing.
A Bennington Bicentennial Committee effort to present The Contrast by the Oldcastle Company drew a modest audience but earned praise for heritage education. The piece, though not broadly popular locally, is seen as a valuable cultural contribution that could spark further performances in Vermont and Bennington at more fitting times amid anniversary celebrations.
The Banner presents two articles: Life is Hard Amid Ashes Of a Block in South Bronx details Spanish speaking residents’ resilience after arson fires, while Outward Bound at Hurricane Island Maine is critiqued as a costly modern survival vacation with alarms and a 600 dollar price tag, provoking questions about its real value and reach.
A reader letters column argues Tim Powers' review of The Contrast misreads Bennington audiences and defends personal taste in theater. Other letters from Mary Rose Hoffman and Jeff Hawkins thank The Banner and a Catamount class. A public notice describes Dutch life in Holland, noting low unemployment, minimal inflation, and absence of fear or poverty compared to America.
A Washington Post and Atlanta Journal composite reflects on the Netherlands in 1975. It notes Holland’s political nonideology, economic security, and cautious restraint that keep prices down and unity intact. It cites high income tax, lack of extreme wealth or poverty, and acclaim for land reclamation as national pride.
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