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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is published daily by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont with Sunday and holiday editions noted in the masthead.
The piece contrasts Senate scrutiny of ITT with a labor revolt led by AFL-CIO President George Meany. It argues the Pay Board erred by yielding to union demands, citing the West Coast Longshoremen contract cut from 20.6 percent to 14.9 percent, and asserts the board should resist further concessions to restrain inflation.
The Labor leader claims the Pay Board offers no fairness or justice and walkouts threaten the administration anti inflation plan. With two of five labor members quitting, the board may operate, but effectiveness is undercut. Alternatives include a public panel without labor or management, yet defiance by organized labor offers little gain. The White House vows not to let leaders derail the effort, but signals a potentially irreversible setback.
Editor comments on scheduling at Mt Anthony Union High School arguing Plan B may have won with more B grades than A on report cards. North Bennington voters renew a sinking fund to replace a fire truck, estimated at 30 000 dollars, with 150 000 dollars needed to replace two trucks in a decade. Recognition of William Fonteneau and Roman Barnes by the Boy Scouts for heroism in a sand pile rescue.
Charles Sawyer blasts Charles Keir for local newspaper remarks about Mt Anthony Union. Sawyer defends school board directors William Smith Raymond Murray and Lawrence Harrington, calls Keir’s attitude anti board and anti school, and asks that the new school board receive a copy of the paper.
In Shaftsbury, the ballots left a blank slot for a spare on the Shaftsbury Town Meeting ballot. Dr Barth VanderBils drew nine write-in votes urging tax fairness. Proposals to fix inequities were rejected by the selectmen amid questions of politics and voter involvement.
A bereaved spouse, Mrs. Willtarea of Pownal, speaks out about the March 13, 1972 incident involving Gerald Van DerKar. She laments her family’s pain, questions the $325 fine for taking a life, and asks why justice feels so inadequate as she endures memories and uncertainty for her three children.
Dick Mattison of Woollray Wilson Rehabilitation Center thanks Ted Ripley and staff for a party at the Reritege House. He praises the American Legion Baseball team and wishes them the best 1972 season, noting the players' quality and character.
S. Alfred Nash quotes Aman on burial motives. Washington's Aspen Hil Pee Centery features the remark contrasting duty versus affection as he inters a wife under obligation and pets by choice.
In Dorset the listers sided with property owners opposing tax appraisals claiming fair market value. The Vermont tale shows a boom driven reappraisal surge pushing landowners to state boards and courts. Elisabeth Gilbert notes the clash as Dorset and Shaftsbury confront appraisal practices.
A fragmentary Vermont verse critiques changes along Route 7, lamenting lost nature and farms. The poem praises speed and new retaining walls, ending with a signature line attributed to Mrs Ruth Ziesse.
The note in The New Yorker by an investor and the ensuing reply in the gardening world mock the neurotic tone of the tale about a house finch at a bird feeder. The writer questions motives, defends birdwatching, and critiques the magazine's sensitivity while linking the drama to broader political bleed.
SOHN CHAMBERLAIN notes Sen. Lowell Weicker argues for a practical approach to growth limits, urging renewed rail transit, cleaner tech, and space‑based monitoring to counter doomsday exponential curves. He cites chemurgy, Japan’s pollution push, and US policy gaps as reasons for positive, actionable responses.
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