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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Editorial note outlines substantive zoning bylaw changes proposed by the Planning Commission. A hearing tonight at 7 30 at the Elementary School invites discussion and comments from residents with questions about impacts on property owners.
The selectmen schedule a formal hearing on the new zoning plan for April 29 before adoption. The plan would take effect for five years and could be subject to a voter or property owner referendum under state law. The Planning Commission prepared the plan after extensive study, urging informed, considerate public feedback.
The piece notes Frances Farenthold’s plan to appoint 44 women as Cabinet members and agency heads to oppose current administration. It compares potential picks like Barbara Tuchman for secretary of state and Barbara Mead for agriculture, arguing a swap might not lower quality and could alter government balance in surprising ways.
Editor notes Florence Wood will retire this year as administrative assistant in the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union central office after a long tenure starting in 1929. She will work part time next year and will still be a resource for school matters as residents anticipate spring robin sightings marking warmer days in Vermont.
A Chicago Sun-Times clipping notes Indiana Ku Klux Klan members now call themselves Klanspersons. The piece questions whether gendered language will soften their racist creed and jokes about nonsexist titles, while acknowledging the group’s continued white supremacist stance.
A Mt. Anthony Board meeting discussion critiques the health class called snoop class and cites high dropout and dope problems. The letter urges returning common sense to education, reducing superfluous courses, and avoiding lecturing students while questioning spending on protection and rates. It argues for practical quality education over quantity.
A roadside hot dog seller, hard of hearing and visually limited, thrives on signs and word of mouth until his college educated son warns of a global and domestic downturn. He scales back orders and advertising, and sales collapse as he accepts the mood.
Don and Mary Johnson of East Dorset thank all who took part in the Palm Sunday cantata at Zion Church Manchester. The new work featured organ and spoken word with a rich blend of voices directed with love and talent, inspiring all who attended.
Shaftsbury praises John Hubbard for very fine sketches of Mt Anthony basketball players featured with his pictures in the Banner on March 21. The note calls the effort one of his better works and offers encouragement.
The column reviews Phyllis Hobson s book Home Drying Vegetables Fruits & Herbs A Garden Way Guide. It outlines drying basics sun and oven methods, prep steps for apples peppers and more, and notes on nutrition and practical setup including trays nets and improvised driers.
The piece argues that revealing a secret operation to recover a Russian submarine shows a drift from strong national resolve. It criticizes media complicity and government behavior, contending headlines and pundits distort security decisions and reveal a willingness to abandon power. It questions who should judge secrecy and warns of national decline.
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