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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Editorial notes Asia’s smallpox eradication by the World Health Organization, leaving only an Ethiopian focus for vaccination. It laments press focus on Craig Claiborne’s $4,000 Paris restaurant feast, arguing frivolous coverage crowded out significant world health news.
A Washington opinion piece contrasts the Defense Department closing of the Safeguard anti ballistic missile system in South Dakota with a failed fundraiser to save a Gabon hospital founded by Dr Albert Schweitzer. The author questions military spending versus humanitarian aid and imagines how history might differ if America remained under British rule.
A satirical Benton Harbor style piece imagines how Kinsey findings would read if Britain won in 1776. It reports 16500 subjects with 500 not understanding questions and the rest avoiding involvement, citing reasons like expense time and backgammon. Kinsey notes premarital abstinence. a Bible reading grandmother is joked about.
A Letter to the Banner questions why audiences attend Tibetan dance shows and what they seek. It notes Western fascination with distant cultures as exotic and mysterious compared with modern Western rationality, signaling a reflection on cultural perception and entertainment.
Vivian Golbin reports on a Tibetan College troupe under Dalai Lama patronage that disappoints with weak technique and style. Despite vivid costumes, offstage percussion and stage design, the performance lacked involvement, balance, and genuine dancing, though two singers and yak costumes provided brief amusement.
The writer reviews a preliminary issue of Gray's Sporting Journal titled Upland Birds. It showcases high quality production and in depth articles by recognized authorities on upland birds, woods cock quail and grouse, with photography by Swedberg and Ripley. The issue costs 18 dollars yearly and is published by Gray's Sporting Journal Co.
Gladys Lodge urges Vermont lawmakers to oppose H R 8631, the Price Anderson Act rewrite. The Joint Committee on Atomic Energy recommends a 560 million cap with four-fifths government funded, extended to utilities deducting legal fees, while winners and claim classes face priority disputes amid slow radiation injury signs and evacuation plans deemed impractical.
Dwight Eisenhower questions the Church Committee findings on CIA plans to assassinate Fidel Castro and asserts that top officials including Bissell Bundy Edwards McCone and Dulles would not hide such operations. He argues power drives truth and compares Kennedy Eisenhower administrations to a global pattern of control.
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