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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The article reviews President Ford’s Yellowstone news event announcing a 1.5 billion, 10 year park program, noting its modest scope versus congressional plans for nearly 3 billion over a decade. It questions the administration’s conservation record while praising a park service manpower expansion and reflects on national flowers and marigolds as light commentary.
Applicant thanks Bennington residents for greeting at a Mt. Anthony meeting held Sept. 4 in the high school library. He states his attendance was to defend his reputation, not seek the MAU job, and notes a complete application dated August 4, 1976 with credentials from Providence College. He recounts qualifications, federal service awards, and lobbying efforts, asserting miscommunication and non receipt of papers by the board.
A reader asks Gov Thomas Salmon what a Flatlander is, while praising Vermont as possibly the nicest state. The letter cites the writer’s Maine roots and pride, noting personal prejudice in deeming Vermont superior.
A Vermont reader endorses Gov. Thomas Salmon citing tax relief for seniors, environmental efforts, prison closure, housing finance, and bipartisan leadership. The letter highlights Salmon’s international and national experience, defends his veto stance, and warns of Vermont’s “Flatlander, Go Home” sickness.
This final column highlights Vermonters buried at Park Lawn in Bennington. Notables include Orion Metcalf Barber, an early U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals appointee, and Samuel Howard Blackmer, later Vermont Supreme Court justice. The piece notes Bennington’s late 19th century factory prosperity and mentions Holden and Sibley as founders of local textile and specialty firms.
Park Lawn Cemetery hosts monuments to Edward W Bradford Charles Cooper Eli Tiffany Hawley C White and others with historic ties to Bennington and nearby industry. The piece notes family plots and a scenic Vermont vista overlooking Mt Greylock Old Bennington and rolling countryside.
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