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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Columnist Jack Anderson charges the Nixon administration may have settled ITT antitrust actions last year in exchange for private funds toward the San Diego GOP convention. The memo by ITT lobbyist Mrs. Dita Beard suggests a confidential deal, though evidence remains circumstantial and denials strong.
Bennington town report shows Sewer Fund with 2023 operating revenues of 66 493 23 dollars and expenses of 79 633 77 dollars resulting in an $11 200 54 loss before depreciation. The article argues sewer taxes may be undercollected or too low to cover costs and urges officials to fix the funding to avoid broader town subsidies.
The letter praises the paper for presenting Col Murray's views objectively and using innovative methods to convey his evaluations and suggested realignments. It urges open critique of educational philosophies, using Murray's statement as a starting point for future testing of student assessments, and hints a journalism course could be offered within the Banner facility.
Helen Dunlop of Dorset writes that in socialist countries people reclaim left items rather than discard them and that tipping is not practiced. She suggests travelers leave stamps for maids as a simple, portable gesture of thanks, observing local customs and language.
The Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council explains the need for local participation to spend a town grant on poverty relief in Bennington. Funds will go to a local cash fund and support programs in tutoring, senior volunteers, emergency food, children’s summer play groups, and meals for seniors. The group will consult selectmen and present an annual report next year.
The Holyoke Transcript reports on perceived government hypocrisy from Sen Stafford proposing amnesty for those abroad after mass deaths and prison rot, to officials pressuring prosecutions. It notes a suspended sentence for theft and criticizes a system seen as propping up friends, with Martha Mitchell sharing a quip about Queen Elizabeth’s signal to end conversations.
Bennington Masons led by Mrt Anthony Lodge F and AM ask readers to back Article 45 at Bennington Town Meeting seeking tax exemption. They cite reliance on dues for temple upkeep and Shrine Hospital charities, note no fundraising to pay taxes, and offer free rear parking and lit path to the temple.
The piece forecasts Muskie’s nomination and Nixon’s reelection risk with Wallace and McCarthy as spoilers. It argues primaries and campus issues sway youths, predicts Wallace’s decline outside Oregon, California, New York, and notes Milton Gwirtzman’s study on media impact and the limited influence of events before Election Day.
A critique of Arthur A. Shenfield's The Ugly Intellectual in Modern Age and a Rutland Herald editorial on Prof. Herbert J. Gans. The writer argues against marijuana comparisons to alcohol, discusses Prohibition, and questions attitudes toward urban slums and public morals.
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