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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 125 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece compares the dollar's drop to a failing company, noting a 3 percent fall since February 1973 and gains for the German mark and yen. It urges rational management, better reinvestment, and efficiency to restore confidence, using the nation as a business metaphor.
A sharp critique of U.S. spending on foreign military ventures and aid to Saigon. The piece argues Germany and Japan invest in productivity and livability, while the United States borrows to fund abroad. It cites a nearly half trillion debt and over 20 billion in annual interest, questioning investor confidence in the dollar.
The piece marks the death of Duke Ellington at 75 as a loss to popular music, praising his role as complete musician leader and composer. It highlights his ahead-of-the-curve impact on jazz, the cohesive yet star-studded band, showmanship, and the joy he sparked in audiences worldwide. It also includes brief quotes from Gerald Ford, Isaac Asimov, and Kurt Hertzfeld on truth, education, and trends in mobility and college life.
A Bennington reader accuses The Banner editors and local columnist of arrogance and libel for not attending meetings. He recalls the board dispute over material in school libraries, urges publication of excerpts from controversial works, and calls for media to present them to taxpayers and parents.
A Searsburg column recalls Memorial Day meaning and unity across wars, with quotes from Gen. John A. Logan and reflections on veterans. It admires Green Mountain scenery, notes early spring leafing, and chronicles Skylark's Backyard birds and nest behavior, including tree swallows and failed bluebird attempts. It also records several local visitors and includes a Washington dispatch on Nixon era reactions to political troubles.
A reader letter assembles a critique of Nixon, tax claims, and media bias, arguing impeachments and White House tapes reveal bias. It contrasts loyal supporters with critical voices, likening followers to Germans under Hitler and ending with a seemingly out of place Family Weekly line about a race day wish for a rat.
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