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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece criticizes CBS for paying 25000 for an interview with Haldeman and calls the segment a public rights issue. It notes the tapes should have been destroyed and questions why Nixon aides did not burn the tapes after Butterfield’s disclosure. Haldeman’s praise of Nixon and hints of an inferiority complex appear as the segment’s notable claims.
An analysis notes no remorse from Haldeman for subverting the constitution and creating a police state. The second part of his interview will repeat the line that bad management would not be national knowledge without a snoopy press. The piece mocks Haldeman as robotic and suggests CBS could hire a private detective for better copy.
The court struck down the male-female distinction in survivors benefits, opening eligibility to widowers. The ruling advances equal rights, aiding families where the breadwinner is a man and supporting broader moves toward ending second class citizenship for women. It signals that laws must be grounded in demonstrable fairness.
A Bennington caller, writing to The Banner, links high school sit in at Mt. Anthony Union to town government politics. The writer, 14 years since high school, cites dissatisfaction with local politics and backs student action while praising elementary schools and condemning suspension as a political show. He hints at staging protests if his children faced MAU exclusion.
Charlie Sutherland protests a zoning map published by the Planning Commission claiming it is unreadable. The Banner explains the map was reduced to fit space, balancing clarity with space for other local news.
MORIA BEHAN of South Glens Falls New York thanks readers of The Banner for mysterious acts of kindness at her son Frederick A. Kuebler’s grave in Park Lawn Cemetery. She expresses relief at knowing caring neighbors visit the eternal light and leave flowers and candles despite her inability to visit often.
Doris C Kilts urges votes and confidence to protect Mt Anthony Union High School girls program and Bennington boys program from abolition by opponents citing cost. Roy Barrette laments pervasive ugliness in modern entertainment and promises further letters to Montpelier regarding local fracas involving youth.
The column argues Arabs cannot lose wars due to Russian support, cites Zumwalt on 1973 Soviet pressure, critiques NATO allies, and suggests relying on Israeli intelligence and army as a main US ally while questioning CIA options and American overreliance on foreign aid.
Washington opinion piece traces Truman era Materials Policy Commission led by William S. Paley, its six decade foresight on energy scarcity, and renewed calls for national economic planning. It contrasts past planning with current tax cuts and proposes a balanced approach including public investment and long term strategy.
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