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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper issued every day except Sundays and holidays. It is published by the Banner Publishing Corporation, located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues President Carter is wrongly blamed for gridlock while highlighting his willingness to compromise on key issues. It cites the veto embarrassment of a House bill affecting veterans’ upgraded discharges, energy program setbacks, and the Clinch River reactor failure, accusing Congress of failing to back his agenda and warning of fiscal and environmental costs. The piece contends Congress should be the more conciliatory party.
Editor notes Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy faces criticism for patronage fears yet praises Charles Ross of Hinesburg reappointed by President Carter to the U S Canada Joint Commission. Ross, a non Democrat, has served Vermont interests, averting partisan loss. Also comments on dwindling Republican governors at Bretton Woods, warning of GOP drift under Meldrim Thomson.
Two Maine sayings frame a case involving Richard Bagley of Unity who argues the state leash law makes dog licensing redundant since it confines dogs to owners’ property. The article also mentions Bradley Emery, formerly Old Orchard Beach dog catcher, who was recently dismissed from his post.
Emery released a truckload of stray mongrels at Old Orchard Beach after being fired by Town Manager Jerome Plante for shooting a dog. The council issued a summer ban on dogs on the sands with lifeguards enforcing until a new dogcatcher is hired. In Augusta a bill banning dog baths in Sebago Lake was killed.
A reflective piece argues baseball lost its boyhood innocence as it became an engineered sport. It laments rigid gloves and preadolescent development leagues, noting the sport’s shift toward flawless execution at the expense of exuberant fun, while contrasts with football’s rule tweaks. It calls baseball torn between nostalgia and progress, increasingly neurotic.
The Banner letters page corrects Paul Malamud's Oct 7 Country Mouse piece on Sir James George Frazer. It notes Malamud misstates Frazer as an Englishman and alleges he traveled the world among primitive tribes, correcting those points.
A reader from Westport Connecticut recalls a rain drenched weekend trip along the Poultney to Bennington corridor. He extols Vermont autumn beauty, framing the Green Mountains as a crimson crowned queen and praising the landscape that moved him to spiritual awe.
Camille Paglia of Bennington College argues Frazer misspelled and misrepresented, notes his Scottish origin, library based research, and that The Golden Bough is literary rather than scientific. She cites Hyman’s writings linking Darwin, Marx, Frazer and Freud as imaginative writers and his course on myth and ritual.
CARLO WOLTER recalls autumn splendor in Vermont mountains, noting sunlit yellows and russets amid green patches and bare limbs, then reflects on old ways from washing by hand to wood fuel. He shares a memory of a spotted sandpiper at Skylark and traces the pull of progress back toward the enduring woodpile.
Washington column argues respected realty firm presidents and politicians convicted of white collar crime should face prison. The author recalls Marvin Mandel and Ehrlichman cases, discusses Nixon’s view, and notes police and public mood toward punishing crooks. The piece asserts justice demands jailing white collar criminals, not leniency for status.
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