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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 429 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Vermont Governor Deane Davis orders the Montpelier press corps out of the Statehouse Annex and limits reporters to seating in visitors galleries with portable typewriters. The piece notes his disdain for news gathering and the public’s right to know how officials decide policy.
In Southern California the milk man and delivery route persist as “supermilkmen” add up to 50 items from bread to cosmetics. The piece criticizes government pullback on press freedoms, notes Vermont politics and upcoming elections, and reflects on door to door service resurging as a practical convenience amid changing retail.
In a Caledonian Record critique from St Johnsbury the Soviet Union is cited as worryingly facing a falling birth rate. A study notes average marriage ages 29 for men and 26 for women, denying economic causes while condemning bachelors for wasting floor space and salaries. It suggests two cannot live as cheaply as one on rubles.
Russell Baker writes of unlikely labor heroes across eras and realms. Antimacassar invents a heavy bronze hat amid Babylonian construction, Utmose repairs camels near Cairo, and Amjax Reshak Awayougo clash over war duties in Troy. A Welsh bard Cwffldyn inspires breaks that echo Camelot coffee culture.
A Bennington College teacher releases his fifth novel In the Middle Distance at age 29. The diary structured work blends fact and fiction as an architect narrator Nick Delbanco reflects on ego, memory, and the boundaries between life and art amid campus and farm settings.
A Letter to the Editor explains the North Street center is a town-run meeting place for seniors, not a private club. It details governance by the Bennington Selectmen, a steering committee, a small annual due, and activities like trips, games, crafts, and hospital outreach, urging community support and clarifying misunderstandings.
Letter to editor accuses Robert McNamara and the World Bank of directing aid. It claims an International Development Association loan of 20 million dollars to India, linked to a 20 year mutual security pact with Russia, with a purported 50 year, interest-free term. The writer urges readers to contact Congress to halt U S funding.
A reader from New York praises The Banner for its literate front page and accurate reporting. She singles out the California school tax story on August 30 and compares favorably to the New York Times in both news item and editorial quality.
John Chamberlain reviews Edith Efron’s The News Twisters, which tallies 1968 TV coverage as biased against Nixon and favorable to Humphrey. He notes Efron used seven weeks of prime time transcripts to quantify “for” and “against” rhetoric, revealing stereotypes and a liberal bias across networks.
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