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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Editorial laments lack of a White House pool under Ford, recalling FDR's child funded pool and Nixon’s repurposing. Describes scaled down, roofless, solar heated plan amid inflation worries, with advisers urging delay until after 1976. Argues public input and esthetic questions matter as pool enters political fray.
In Vermont the push to revive state owned railways under a new Transportation Agency stalls amid salary gaps and complex funding rules. The governor travels abroad, and legal questions loom over the act’s implications. Readers wonder if the plan will survive the fine print or resemble a modern Pony Express.
A Bennington letter argues that the 1775 seizure of Fort Ticonderoga was a pivotal American action and the region’s first offensive move. The piece notes The Banner editorials challenging the claim, while Ticonderoga officials praised the letter as a clear history of its importance. The narrative sits amid the Lexington Concord countdown and a wind energy aside from Prof. William Heronimus of UMass.
A Bennington account credits the seizure of Ticonderoga with shaping Congress action and signaling a fledgling nation in defeat of British forces. It argues Ethan's Boys led the move, Arnold initially commanded, and Congress declared a de facto national defense and early war stance. Monument Avenue.
Malvine Cole of Stratton writing to The Banner denounces a New York Times travel ad promoting Vermont, arguing FBI nuclear strike bombers fly over southern Vermont day and night, causing noise, danger, and a spoiled spring, and questions the Development Department’s claims.
A columnist compares Mao Tse tung to Nixon in a satirical dystopia and critiques American media reverence for Shirley MacLaine. He highlights double standards in education and politics, notes Doug Watkin’s China remarks, and questions western audiences and journalists.
A62-article overview notes a rare pause in global conflicts, with discussion of South Africa’s TV rollout and vast inequality, India’s detentions bill, Britain’s inflation and strikes, and Cambodia’s brutal mass relocation. It cites Nixon era policy, Castro profits, and a call for global 해결. The piece ends with reflections on postwar realism and collective problem solving.
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