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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201 with Sundays and holidays excluded.
The piece reflects on Boston busing protests sparked by court ordered racial balancing in public schools. It contrasts northern riots in South Boston with earlier southern and northern clashes, condemning violence and urging civic responsibility, unity, and humane attitudes 20 years after Brown v. Board. It laments persistent anti humanitarian attitudes across regions from Boston to Alabama.
The piece reflects on Haile Selassie and de Gaulle, notes Kennedy era figures, and questions leadership after Watergate. It reveals Putnam Square Cynic’s plan to seek a pardon from President Ford for voting Nixon in 1972, including the narrator as part of the group.
A reader comments on the Mount Anthony Junior High School renovation proposal for Bennington voters on September 17. The plan expands classrooms and science spaces, creates a new special education area, enlarges the cafeteria, adds toilet facilities and an elevator, improves library and health spaces, upgrades the heating system, and adds exits and ramps for handicapped access to ensure safer, better education in the redesigned 1913 section and new wing.
A Bennington School District board member urges readers to support the upcoming bond issue on September 17. He notes over 850 students attend the old Bennington High School daily and argues the building must be kept safe and livable to avoid higher future costs from VOSHA or state mandates.
Readers protest Harte Theatre Dollar Nite pricing with complaints about visible signage and affordability. Letter-writer Barbara Paquette cites patrons traveling from nearby towns and paying excess fares, urging clearer ads and fairer pricing for all.
Vermont hopes to salvage a bumper apple crop as 281 Jamaican and Mexican American workers, plus local pickers, join efforts. Middlebury offices report about 80 potential pickers with 100 expected. Local growers emphasize local labor, school work programs, and the need for safety training to avoid crop loss from bruising and missed stems.
An opinion argues for a Vietgate amnesty linking Watergate participants with Vietnam protesters as a way to end political rancor. It contends case by case review or broad pardon could avoid unfairness while acknowledging past overreactions and the desire for national unity.
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