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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Vermont Senate approved a bill requiring Public Service Board approval before starting construction of any nuclear power plants or other facilities over 40 kilovolts. Described as a forward looking environmental measure, it signals concern over nuclear pollution and raises awareness of pesticide dangers, with expectations it may influence future sessions and other states.
In Los Angeles the mayor promotes "parent power" to quell school boycotts. Carver Junior High mobilized 13 volunteers and 10 phones to reach 3,000 parents, bringing two thirds of students back to class. The effort involved teachers and an admitted Communist who left the boycott.
The Congregational Church in Manchester hosted Joseph Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ as part of the Seventh Annual Lenten Service in Music. Ted Cook led a 40-voice chorus with soloists Ellen Wilcox Jane Davis Hugh Putnam Dean Osgood and Jane Armstrong, supported by organist Veda Stone and a seven-string two-flute orchestra. The author felt renewed by the performance praising the performers devotion and skill.
Editor notes Vermont Senate shows leniency by approving a $5,000 raise for Lt Gov Thomas Hayes and considering cushioned stools for pages. It also narrowly passed a December to February foreclosure delay to aid Vermonters, amidbankers wanting faster mortgage sales. Spring cleanup and roaming dogs prompt talk of leash laws to curb damage and safety risks.
This Week magazine mocks a plan to flood Earth with sunlight using space mirrors. The Providence Journal notes the notion would erase night for humans and wildlife, arguing against the costly project while joking about its impact on nocturnal birds and summer evenings.
A Vermont reader urges lawmakers to support funding for Vermont Educational Television citing its value, especially in conservation. The letter contrasts Sen Dirksen’s push to name the marigold national flower with critiques of its practicality, noting concerns about constitutional rights and ongoing legislative proposals.
A collection of readers’ letters argues for compulsory premarital counseling, longer engagements, and even trial marriages amid concerns about marriage reveals, while others condemn the Vietnam war’s escalating death toll. Floyd Holliday calls Vermont gambling tax via ski roads a revenue opportunity, and Pennington Haile urges ending the war’s deaths as unacceptable.
Nixon signals a strategic withdrawal in Vietnam by cutting B-52 raids from 1,800 to 1,600 monthly while framing it as a cost saving and peace bid. The move aims to pressure Hanoi and Saigon toward a cease fire and accommodation under international control, with possible broader troop reductions hinted. The article weighs political signaling against material impact and questions whether Hanoi and Saigon will grasp the implications.
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