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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1973
Page
11
Looking Back reports Kamp Kaaterskill in Pownal opening its 32nd season this summer while Camp Woodland in Londonderry begins its first season as a girls camp led by director Herbert W. Lorenz.
Wayne Hanley of the Massachusetts Audubon Society visits the Barker farm in Peterborough New Hampshire to observe a spring wildflower bloom. He notes fringed polygala yellow lady's slippers water arum star flowers and other species in a diverse woodland and reflects on names and science versus common names. The piece extols wildflower study as a respite from modern pressures and the urban pavement syndrome.
In southern Vermont Frothinghamlet with 24 inhabitants and 25 000 acres of timberland adopts a town plan to develop every inch for profit. The village renames itself Timber Acres after adopting zoning rules, planning residential and commercial areas a park and a red light district while courting developers with a Gary Indiana image. Residents debate curbs culverts and percolation tests amid a satire of ambitious growth.
The text contrasts postwar carpetbaggers with modern funded reconstruction in Vietnam, citing Jack Roteley’s remark. It also notes Hugh Sidey’s Time column calling the “I run my own campaign” stance and “supercrat” image inoperative, framing it as a challenge to the President's logic.
Vermont presses ahead with a nationwide bicentennial program focusing on publishing and indexing historic state papers. Editor John Williams oversees volumes including Journals of the General Assembly up to 1800 and an index of Surveyor-General Papers, with planned republication by 1976.
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co based in Hartford will trial a six month modified work week for 160 home office staff in Bloomfield and 65 field workers in San Francisco and Cincinnati. Employees will choose a four day week with Monday or Friday off or a five four schedule alternating weeks. The experiment ends in May to gauge effects on workers and the company.
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston economist Carol Greenwald argues for more part time and flexible schedules for working mothers. She cites Professor Paul Samuelson on freedom in earnings and suggests many workers could have shorter weeks with job structuring. She notes broad interest for flexibility and urges firms to align worker and business productivity.
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