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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues a leadership vacuum at Mt Anthony education issues. 65 of 147 teachers voted amid overcrowding, costly options, and divided boards, teachers, and community. Call for unified effort to create lasting, engaging learning environment for youth.
Letters to the editor express strong opposition to a Tuesday proposal for 173 cluster apartments on a 25 acre Murphy Road site. The writer cites Rural Residential zoning, limited access roads, historic bridges, and planned recreational river areas, urging careful study before approval and condemning perceived rushed “progress.” John F. Johnson
The letter comments on editors and politicians, naming William Loeb of Manchester Union Leader and Gov George Wallace. It praises Lodh for boosting Wallace, calling it a kiss of death, with signoff by George H. Pargo from Old Bernington.
H James Wallace of Kennington, chairman of the Vermont Highway Board, responds to Shaftsbury Glastonbury residents opposing new Route 7. He details sufficiency ratings, accident history, and alternative plans, arguing a new location is the only reasonable, safer solution for Bennington to Manchester.
A harsh polemic in praise of Springfield Hospital and its nurses contrasts with attacks on WASP decline. The piece railes against Jewish influence, media, and scholars, laments TV's social damage, and warns of cultural erosion amid ethnic claims and modern liberal trends.
Tom Braden analyzes Richard Nixon as a president whose rhetoric and policy on Vietnam falter under pressure. He argues Nixon’s words magnify a national defeat, sees Vietnamization and Cambodia actions as failed efforts, and suggests the president must retract rhetoric to regain credibility and calm.
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