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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
TheMt Anthony Union District Board faces ongoing burdens as candidates seek posts amid persistent controversy around the Mt Anthony high school. The piece notes time energy and concern from private citizens and hints at one new face joining an otherwise unchanged cast next year.
The piece notes healthy controversy about education in Mt. Anthony as a sign of civic engagement, while NH politics face a deadlock with Wyman and Durkin in a disputed Senate race. It highlights Stark’s independent stance and predicts continued impasse after the July recess, with calls for genuine statesmanship.
Anthony Lewis surveys Britain's long inflationary crisis in a World War I era play themed piece and links rising costs to a shifting middle class, unions, and government funding. He notes 25 percent annual price rises, 50 percent quarterly inflation, and looming strains on national theater funding, rail services, and social programs, underscoring a country debating governability under pressure from wage demands and austerity.
Farmers in Vermont face a drift from farmland back to woodland as towns lose trained farm labor. The piece argues for maps of land use, motorized farming, and policies to keep farmers on the land amid high equipment costs and heavy taxes. It stresses food, fiber, and timber needs and the danger of relying on distant imports as farm knowledge wanes.
In Montpelier the push to shift zoning power to higher levels risks dampening private housing efforts. John McCloughry argues against federalizing planning, urging repeal of local zoning and laws like Act 250 and building codes to boost supply for Vermonters, citing British and Yugoslav experiences.
A father recalls a summer of loud parties and mischief from his grown children. He questions loving them while they were young, then faces the pull of nostalgia as the family disperses. Through remembered lies and late nights, he admits his true wish for their return.
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