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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Hennington Vermont 0520.
The piece argues that adding untrained listers will not fix Vermont’s inequities in setting the tax base. It questions fair market formula use, potential bias, and the cost of hiring more sisters, doubting that temporary or advisory appointees will improve equitable assessments across Bennington.
The Vermont House narrowly killed a state wide property listing bill aimed at equalizing taxes amid town listing snarls. The Banner reports Bennington County Choral Society will perform Verdi Requiem with a computerized organ on April 9. A Bennington selectman laments a fire gutted motel on U.S. 7 and tax liens. The Putnam Square Cynic jokes about a wax figure of Gov. Davis signing proclamations as PSC notes excess governor photo use.
Letter to the editor disputes Karl Harrington over the Junction Restaurant in Bennington. The writer accuses Harrington of undermining peace, questions state revenue, and calls for cleaner walls and a better acoustical space.
The March 27 full page overview by The Danse editor reports our effort to reduce school dropouts through curriculum revamp and on the job training stations within the Manchester community. The article accurately reflected the program and its practical focus.
A community clinic on April 6 at the North Bennington Elementary gym offers free amblyopia screening for preschool and kindergarten children along with inoculations and physical exams. Call 447 7903 for appointments. letters of 209 words or more preferred. signatures and addresses required.
A Searsburg letter-writer rebukes a prior editorial, defending the town’s voting outcome on road funds and criticizing alleged officials' moves to bypass an approved article. She laments outsider snobbery, praises local cooperation, and urges open dialogue and pride in the community. Mrs. Linday Day Searsburg.
The writer reflects on history repeating in Washington, noting patterns and a nostalgic sense of the past. References to a 1950s era mess in Washington and the Truman and Eisenhower administrations frame the critique of current governance and wartime memory.
A reflective critique links Eisenhower Nixon and Wallace to 1962 anti politics trends, noting how fear of communism fueled campaigns. It highlights Nixon’s China visit and the potential Democratic gains from the image of Chow being greeted as “Joe” with a poised China policy as a campaign issue.
A Lyndon era column critiques the impact of reapportionment and one man one vote on Vermont Legislature. It cites Dennis Morrisseau and ex Governor Hoff while arguing true democracy is fragile, warning power concentrates with demagogues and urging caution against easy democratic ideals.
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