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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1976
Page
7
The Bennington High School library relocates from the second floor to a brighter first floor Resource Center during junior high renovations. The piece reflects on 1940s library reports about binders, magazine protection, and teaching pupils how to locate and borrow books, with plans for October orientation and ongoing glimpses of 1970s library life.
The article critiques Volkswagen's planned Pennsylvania assembly plant in New Stanton aided by a more than 70 million dollar state package. It notes subsidies include tax exemptions, 5 million in training funds, 30 million for rail and road, and a 40 million loan at 1.75 percent. It warns of state capitalism via the Industrial Development Authority and questions the trend of governments courting specific firms with inducements while business embraces such planning.
The piece analyzes how Jimmy Carter handled Playboy's interview and the ensuing denial of off the record misquotes. It contrasts his public slips with private reformulations and notes the strategic use of vulgar language to mollify voters while courting different audiences. The essay warns of duplicitous rhetoric in the pursuit of power.
A New York Evening News writer reflects on Bennington College reopening with 80 students and drawing more fashionable debutantes each semester as they pursue higher learning between debut and marriage, while broader social changes echo through Vermont towns and events.
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