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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. Office at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201 details the paper's publishing schedule and location.
Editorial notes that 11,000 antiwar protesters were halted and 10,000 railroad signalmen paralyzed rail traffic, 600,000 workers affected, with Congress enacting a six week cooling off period and Nixon signing the measure. It urges replacing the Railway Labor Act with binding arbitration to prevent ad hoc disputes.
The NASC campus plans to invite Dr. Harvey B. Scribner, former Vermont education commissioner and now chancellor of New York City schools, to deliver this year’s commencement address. Readers note Scribner’s high demand for fresh ideas and engaging talks. In Bennington area, Rep. A Daniel Mason urged highway upgrades on Pine Tree Hill citing a $3 million road-betterment appropriation. Community debate also centers on school raises and local mediation costs, with a reader praising the Bennington School District Board for trimming $215,000 from this year’s budget and urging continued public support.
Epistle explores how Bennington Center evolved into Old Bennington and how Holy Hill became Mount Anthony through local lore. It links the names to settlers, religious nonconformists, and notable figures like Anthony Haswell and Susan B. Anthony, with wartime memories and a snow removal anecdote.
Gordon R. Taylor, a Saratoga Springs teacher, defends Phillip Viereck’s role as Bennington elementary supervisor. He argues the position supports strong classroom climate, learning innovations, and teacher leadership, urging the school board to reconsider the elimination and its impact on students.
Alan W. Hess criticizes Arlington selectmen for an alleged closed executive session recounting Hagelberg and Jones claiming openness while the time was spent away from public view. He urges townspeople to attend meetings held every other Monday at 7:30 p.m. to test this new welcoming policy.
A Reader letter criticizes The Banner for calling Eugene Genovese a radical philosopher. It labels Genovese a Marxist historian and mocks his claim that American slavery was a class issue, deriding the theory as equine excrement and urging clearer description.
The piece recalls Nixon gathering aging Establishment figures at the White House to back foreign policy against communism while facing Mansfield and a coming broad debate over Europe NATO burden sharing and diplomatic priorities. It contrasts old guard loyalties with a new generation’s views on anticommunism, Europe defense, and U.S. international roles. The essay also notes costs of European defense and shifts in public opinion.
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