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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont. The notice identifies the newspaper’s publishing schedule and corporate address for reader reference.
In a controversial push, Henry Kissinger travels to mediate southern Africa amid Rhodesia and South Africa tensions. The United States weighs a potential hundreds of millions to aid white Rhodesians' resettlement, while seeking to curb Cuban or Russian influence and urge concessions from white minority regimes.
Mt. Anthony Union High School welcomes Eugene P. Smith as principal after unanimous board approval. The community is urged to support the new leadership and focus on education, discipline, and progress for about 1,400 students as a fresh board election looms in two months.
A terse editorial column from the Springfield Union and Burlington Free Press contrasts laws with moral code, noting the sheer number of statutes to enforce the Ten Commandments. The quip implies legal overreach and practical enforcement challenges.
A Bennington letter criticizes high school education as suffocated by rumors and biased radio reporting. The author accuses a local political minority of brainwashing, harassment of Mt. Anthony officials, and alleges a behind the scenes millstone group seeks to hinder hiring, progress, and harmony at Mount Anthony.
A Millstone group including a teacher, officials, and a news team criticizes Bennington and Mt Anthony from a public radio outlet. They warn of biased reporting and plan for upcoming Mt Anthony elections while urging public redress through FCC guidance for broadcasting violations.
A Vermont letter decries high taxes over-regulation and big government, praising Robert Stafford's opponents for cutting wasteful programs. The writer urges government to serve the people, laments media bias, and calls for FCC scrutiny of radio stations. Bennington.
The writer notes an early fall with Jack Frost visiting the mountains while the valley frets over protectable garden produce. Birds migrate south as roses and robins vanish, and a backyard scene shifts to hummingbirds and late summer, with Labor Day marking the seasonal transition and quieter roads ahead. Also recalls old friends, a lottery win, and reflections on the motel era changing along the highway.
Tom Braden describes a grim motel experience in a subterranean unit with sealed windows and fixed climate control. He details claustrophobic confinement, constant air conditioning, and a sense of being trapped, contrasting the old humane motel with a cold modern super motel.
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