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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bongingint, Vermont 05201.
The Nixon Administration's Commission on School Finance argues that quality education for rich and poor alike requires states to take over major funding with federal aid. Chaired by Neil McElroy, the two year study concludes public schools should be run as a state responsibility rather than a local one.
Vermont backs a statewide equalized school tax as local control of schools yields to rising tax protests. The measure finds favor with the Vermont Education Association and Education Commissioner Oakey, with Gov. Deane Davis cautious. The shift aims to reduce education disparities caused by wealth differences across communities.
In a winter trek across southern Vermont forests the author describes snowshoe and ski travel from the Dome in Pownal to Stratton and Brattle ponds. He notes nocturnal snowmobile sounds near Sucker Pond, a moonlit Stratton Pond sighting by five riders, and nine snowmobilers passing on the Heartwellville Stage Road Trail offering to break the trail.
Katharine Greer urges Governor Davis to publish a letter supporting continued work at the Vermont Environmental Center in Ripton. She cites concern over civilization’s threat, engagement from locals, and references Ken Taubenfeld’s sentiments from The Banner. She also discusses blanket amnesty ideas for Vietnam era draftees and a plan for reexamining drafts.
A reader letter urges continuing Vermont Environmental Center funding to address environmental crisis and air and water threats. The writer proposes quieter engines, restricted trails, and a registration plan to fund oversight, urging club input and balanced winter recreation housing in policy proposals.
Amherst radio broadcast discusses amnesty for Vietnam. Prof. Commager offers historical context on defections in wars, while the writer argues public morality has declined and calls for amnesty linked to POWs and draftees. The piece cites World War II Civil War and American Revolution rates and reflects on media influence and personal experiences in the Army.
Editor notes Vermont town Pownal clings to pastoral image while avoiding land use limits. Republican party intrigue swirls over ITT funding ahead of national convention. Mt Anthony Union School Board race could draw many candidates. St Johnsbury voters reject Christmas lighting funding TOPICS program area development reappraisal.
In a critique of bureaucratic jargon a Washington Post coined term definitized is discussed as a prediction rather than advocacy. The piece notes the Senate Armed Services Committee used undeffinitized and ponders future opposites and even longer neologisms.
The Ashbrook campaign, a late starter in the Nixon era Republican primary race, heads from New Hampshire to Florida seeking a strong conservative showing in the early contests. Paul Bethel, aiding from the Citizens' Committee for a Free Cuba, leverages Florida editors and TV managers to sway coverage in the Gold Coast area, shaping favorable editorial reception and boosting the candidate's message.
In Miami Dade and South Florida, Cuban Americans influence the Florida primary as Ashbrook campaigns critique Nixon policy toward Castro and Taiwan. The essay argues Cuban voters’ views and older retirees’ inflation fears could shape the primary, with broader hits on foreign policy and public safety funding.
A humorous but gruesome legend tells of a wealthy sultan who kept his harem miles away and sent a servant to fetch wives. The tale claims the sultan lived to 95 while the servant died at 40, implying a warning about hubris and fate rather than the women involved.
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