Bennington Museum Exhibit Showcases 1775 1875 Arms
Curator Eugene R. Kosche notes the Bennington Museum opens a new exhibit on October 25 titled A Call to Arms 1775 1875. The display features German Jaeger rifles and Pennsylvania rifles, with notes on interchangeable manufacture, gun smithing guilds, war service from King's Mountain to New Orleans, and the rifles’ enduring value to collectors and muzzle-loading enthusiasts.
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Eugene R. Kosche
Bennington
Vermont
Col. Baum
Pennsylvania
Gumpf
Dickert
Leman
Sell
Henry
Schweitzer
Pennsylvania Rifles
South
King’s Mountain
New Orleans
Bennington Banner Publication Details
The Bennington Banner is issued daily excluding Sundays and holidays. It is published by the Banner Publishing Corporation, located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201, serving the local community with news and notices.
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The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Editorials defend Hatch Act amid calls to repeal it
The Hatch Act kept federal workers from partisan politics and helped prevent Watergate excesses. Critics, led by public employee unions, seek to dismantle it, arguing it creates second class citizens. The piece defends the Act, stressing its safeguards for sensitive agencies and its role in limiting political pressure on workers.
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U.S
Congress
FBI
IRS
Park-McCullough Foundation gains ownership of McCullough Mansion
Editor notes celebrate the Park McCullough Foundation after assuming ownership of the McCullough Mansion in North Bennington. The piece praises community impact, invites public input on Vermont environmental laws, and mourns the death of Rev. Msgr. Thomas H. Connor and four local students in a recent fatal crash.
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Park- McCullough Foundation
McCullough
North Bennington
Thomas H. Connor
Rutland
Vermont
Rome
Msgr
Connor
Bennington County
North Shire
Wallingford
St. Patrick’s
Letter to the Editor on Vermont policy and Galbraith influence
The writer cites a Boston Herald American item on Gov Tom Salmon’s fiscal crisis and a Vermont special session. They blame “carpet-bagger do gooders” and John Kenneth Galbraith for national policy ills, note proposed paper mills faced opposition, and contrast wage levels with Vermont farm workers while raising concerns about environmental and recreational impacts.
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Boston Herald- American
Vermont
Tom Salmon
East Road
John Kenneth Galbraith
John F. Kennedy
John Maynard Keynes
U.S
Northeast Kingdom
New Hampshire
The
Banner
Galbraith
Vermont Beauty Lost to Experts and Keynesian Policy
S.C. Lyons of Bennington argues that Vermont’s beauty and rural character have suffered since experts and Keynesian policy shaped planning and spending. He cites 1887 paper mill density, pre highways aesthetics, and a 1915 Bennington souvenir folder to illustrate how federal and urban planning encroached on small communities and local control.
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Bennington
Galbraith
Iowa Station
Ontario
Vermont
U.S. News & World Report
Siberia
Azerbaidzhan
Mr. Galbraith
Heat of verbal combat over Mt Anthony school programs
An observer urges separating differences of opinion from personal disputes at Mt Anthony Union School District meetings. The piece criticizes Harrington and Murray for dominating discussion via hostile rhetoric, calls for respectful dialogue, and stresses that administrators and teachers must implement effective alternate programs for students.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Barth Vander Els
Harrington
Murray
Ralph Wright
Wright
Mt. Anthony
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Bennington Banner
Montpelier
Vermont Environmental Board
WBTN
Federal
S.C. Lyons
By John Leaning
Lawrence Harrington
Raymond Murray
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