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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1976
Page
5
The American electorate seeks ethical reform amid Watergate fallout as voters nationwide prize integrity for all offices. Ford and Reagan polls show integrity favored by GOP voters, while concerns about taxes, unions, press accuracy, medical costs, abortion, elder care, and campaign spending laws shape attitudes and candidate appeal.
Letter to The Banner from Roger Hall in Bennington urges taxpayers to reject the Mt. Anthony School Board budget increase arguing the district overpays teachers with taxpayer funds while many residents face rising property taxes and limited raises. He contrasts state classified employees receiving 10 per week with teachers getting much more for two years, calls the move a vicious circle, and urges readers to vote no on April 20.
Principal A J Goodwin announces the four highest average scholars at Arlington High School for three and a half years. William A Wilcox leads with 3.90, Murial Dahl is second at 3.73, followed by Robert Lindsey at 2.71 and Stella Wilcox at 2.63.
Highlights include Hyman Lipman patenting a pencil with an eraser in 1858, Seward buying Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million in 1867, Cunard Laconia becoming the first ship to circumnavigate in 1923, and North Vietnamese forces pushing south after Da Nang in 1975. Also a note about Lord Halifax in a railway compartment anecdote.
Ruth Zinar discusses studies showing music reading can improve reading in slow readers and that musically talented slow adolescents gain reading arithmetic and personal adjustment from lessons. The piece cites NYC Arts For All The Children pilot to boost arts in schools and argues for music as vital to student fulfillment and self image.
A Vermont reader disputes a historical article claiming Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured 1800 prisoners at Fort Ticonderoga. He argues the garrison was small and notes other forces captured two forts in two days without losses, urging correction of the record.
The Mt Anthony Varsity Cheerleaders express gratitude to bus driver Mrs Barbara Harper and to Steve Greenberg Louis Skidmore and Mrs Joan LaVigne for travel help. They thank Mt Anthony Booster Club Leo Club and advisor Loretta Connell plus flower donors, and praise loyal fans from Troy to Durham for championship spirit. The team notes many will cheer from the stands next year.
Don Griffes of East Charleston recounts unrest at the GOP State Committee as Walter Kennedy urged unity for surviving primary candidates while some members, including Griffes, voiced reservations. He notes John Welch received applause for Senate bid and mentions Stafford’s stance on the common situs issue and a veto by President Ford, urging citizens to stand up for a government of the people.
A column attacks Post Newsweek coverage of Nixon's alleged kneeling moment with Kissinger as sensational fiction. It argues the public craves guilt relief by painting Nixon as evil, while noting possible fabrication, bias, and profiteering behind the sensational narrative.
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