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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
UPI reports Albany will host daytime passenger rail between New York City and Montreal via Albany, likely starting Aug 1 after a deal between New York State Department of Transportation and Amtrak. The piece notes Vermont lines may feel impact and praises any move toward more rail travel as public acceptance grows. It references Nixon, a Jordan band salute, and the Concorde jet's six hour posturing as local humor.
The Bennington community debates placing Ms magazine in high school libraries. Parents object to explicit sexual content and poems on topics from contraception to abortion, arguing education should be parental, private, and within schools. The editorial backs parents, urging vigilance in districts statewide.
White River Valley Herald reports Republican candidate Ross condemns GOP national committeeman Roland Q. Seward for inflammatory remarks about Democrats bringing labor goons to Vermont. Ross calls for restraint and vows to oppose false politics while praising constructive Republicans shaping Vermont governance.
In a Letter to The Banner David Scribner accuses Lawrence Harrington of hypocrisy as MAUHS director and moral authority while recalling a 1969 Ms magazine letter favoring sexual dismemberment. The cited item from Harrington is reproduced here showing the dispute over vulgarity, public respectability, and accusations of communist sympathy for Donald Humphreys C.S.C. of the Holy Cross Novitiate.
Lawrence E Harrington condemns local reaction to the Vietnam moratorium, calling opponents educated fools and likening supporters to rats. He urges stronger signs against communism while accusing Mr Humphreys of failing to understand the message.
A reader's satirical note printed in The Banner critiques phones as money drains, comparing the device to a lazy book and warning of real estate swindlers. The letter questions the owner's tolerance for annual charges, suggesting outrage if a book demanded cash the way the telephone does.
A Hartford Courant excerpt lampoons a phone company and its ads. A man pays $90 yearly for a service touted as benevolent while the device pressurizes calls to profit from long distance and operator assisted charges. The piece ends with a jab at a mannequin in Astoria seen in a truck.
Floyd P. Snow argues that aging residents face change, zoning and pollution concerns must be addressed, but newer residents may misuse laws to protect investments. He suggests incorporating the Tenth Commandment into local zoning deliberations to safeguard basic rights and curb covetous actions near Bennington Vermont.
A letter to The Banker editor warns of the safety hazards of fireworks especially for children. It cites injuries and deaths from Fourth of July celebrations and notes 6500 emergency room treatments last year, urging public education and a fact sheet to reduce tragedies.
Profiles note Vermont tensions during the 1812 war era. Jeffersonian Congress pushed war, embargos hurt towns like Burlington, University of Vermont classes closed, minor skirmishes occurred on land and lake, Commodore Macdonough was granted a lake farm, and after the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent peace followed. Poverty rose as economic strain deepened, reshaping the 14th state.
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