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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 125 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues New England and Northeast should gain more military bases based on military and fiscal needs, not regional political influence. It contends Southern chairmen influence has skewed base construction, and urges safeguards to keep future decisions free of politics.
Army planners debate moving the 2nd Infantry Division to Fort Drum New York or splitting it among Fort Drum Fort Dix Otis AFB Fort Devens Ayer Massachusetts to guard against winter warfare. The move aims to place the unit in a northern area to simulate potential European or Korean cold weather threats.
Bennington selectmen confront a polarized board as Dudley Baker and Morrissey trade barbs over meeting conduct. The Banner calls for burying the hatchet, noting federal grants and technical tasks demand cooperation, not blame games.
Weather delays postpone East Main Street resurfacing in Bennington though the street did not appear to need work. The project relies on a restrictive federal grant, while local merchants anticipate summer visitors in Manchester bringing some seasonal income before leaf season.
A Wall Street Journal synthesis notes Abt Associates and Neville Bennett studies find that highly structured curricula emphasizing basic skills outperform open classrooms. Formal teaching consistently yields greater subject improvement than informal, student centered styles, aligning with recent research.
The piece argues progressive education shifted from strict reading skill emphasis to personality and process. It notes that deprioritizing reading can lower test performance and highlights renewed research interest in measuring reading scores to judge educational methods.
A reader condemns uneven access to the basic competencies program materials across Vermont private and parochial schools, cites Commissioner Withey, and urges equal distribution. The letter contrasts past winters with a predicted severe winter, noting the author has stockpiled extra wood and fears needing it. Shaftsbury resident Chewn Jotikasthira signs off.
An education advocate argues that public school students deserve printed basic reading writing arithmetic and reasoning materials. The letter notes private and parochial schools will continue to teach and urges taxpayers in alternative systems to request printed basic competencies.
A reader wishes success to a local binder sale and calls out porch lighting. A nun demandas a nondiscriminatory policy shift for Vermont schools and a Burlington principal comments on a Leader Block derelict houses credit. Public notices reference Sept 24 edition and vandalism claims on Leader property. The letters include Gladys L Taylor and Eva Leader Betts signatures with addresses.
Dudley M. Baker critiques a Sept 22 editorial asking who wrote it and argues editors and selectmen should be named. He demands objective evaluation of Mr. Morrissey’s performance as selectman and asks the paper to provide a clear positive or negative conclusion. He signs from 32 Bank St.
Ira Allen Putnam struggles with a metric Beefeater gin bottle cap and rants about English politics. He dislikes the metric system and European influences, blaming socialists and laments arthritis while solving the cap and pondering his English heritage.
This piece examines blame as a universal human response and its role in judgment, fault-finding, and negative interactions. It outlines three blame categories, emphasizing how directing blame at individuals with you statements harms relationships and blocks learning.
The piece argues blaming is futile and harmful, urging focus on situations not people. It outlines three blame classes: personal insults and generalizations, external excuses, and self blame. It promotes calm discussion and constructive fault analysis over fault finding and urges shifting toward understanding and positive guidance.
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