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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 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, serving local readers with news and notices.
Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy, now running as an independent, said in Putney he would inform voters of his cabinet posts and Supreme Court nominees before the election and urged others to do the same. He argued voters focus on economics and fear, not long term implications, in choosing leaders.
A panel at Park-McCullough House debated prisons as a metaphor for human constraint. Speakers likened society’s punitive system to captivity, contrasting utilitarian and humanistic views while noting crime rises with societal breakdown and reforms to abolish prisons are discussed amid reflective, privileged surroundings.
Rob Woolmington reports on a Putney Conservation Society conference titled Environmental Behavior and Social Institutions. Key remarks from Dr. E F Schumacher and Joseph Sax discuss adapting institutions, legal roles, and the need for flexible, reversible policies during a transition to sustainability.
The National Organization of Women planned a nationwide strike called Alice Doesn’t aimed at halting daily routines for women. A White House march occurred but most women kept working, continuing the daily duties that support society.
A Quincy poll shows most voters oppose busing for reasons beyond racism and Wallace’s anti black appeal. Reporters Evans Novak and pollster Caddell found Wallace’s stance has little traction among Massachusetts voters, even in blue collar areas like Quincy. The piece argues opponents cite nonracial concerns about busing and urges Wallace to reconsider a Massachusetts primary strategy.
An editor letter recalls a childhood buttonhole accident and imagines a zipper saving time for men. It then shifts to Illinois school funding, criticizing Gov Dan Walker for proposing a $131 million cut to the state school budget and labeling him part of the new breed of politicians skeptical of government spending.
Dan Walker appears favored to win the budget battle amid a probe of waste and high school costs. Daley and teacher unions oppose him as protesters flood Springfield to defend funding. Walker won a slim legislative vote, but public appetite for cuts remains uncertain.
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