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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201, serving as the local newspaper for the area.
Editorial urges removal of Peter Zilliacus and notes the Dover Planning Commission’s ties to Mt Snow manager John M. Christie as temporary chairman amid zoning and subdivision planning. Calls for objective town planning free of landowner interests, while defending editors’ concerns about conflicts.
The Bennington District Environmental Board includes members like Lionel Dulac of the US Forest Service and John M. Moore of Arlington who may abstain from voting on environmental decisions due to conflicts. Such abstentions leave decisions in the hands of few, shortchanging the public. Despite dedication, these appointments risk weakening planning bodies and resemble the fox guarding the chickenhouse as a dominant local economic figure leads planning.
Vermont youths donate 55 pints at Randolph Red Cross blood bank as campus photos show many in dungarees and beards. Capitol Records drops Tex Ritter The Battle Hymn of Lt Calley for glorifying him. Nixon touts a 1 million dollar GI rehabilitation program, equating to about 3.50 per returning soldier. Agnew rejects a ping pong challenge amid China tension as Chou Enlai avoids risky table tennis flare.
Letter writer argues the My Lai case shows Lt. Calley’s proven guilt and criticizes Rep. Collins for blaming war critics. He condemns pro Calley supporters, urges Americans to recognize the murder of civilians, and calls for accountability and reflection on human life. Arlington resident Robert Curtis signs.
Sen Edmund Muskie accuses the FBI director of overreach and proposes a congressionally accountable domestic intelligence review board. The idea aims to audit political surveillance while urging broader reform of federal police work and safeguards for citizens’ privacy amid rising tensions and technological advances.
The Banner's April 2 lead editorial letter by Harvey Carter argues for immediate American withdrawal from Vietnam, but the writer challenges Carter's use of foreign policy language, questions the Quaker pacifist stance, recalls Hue Massacre and Geneva Accords issues, and condemns U.S. involvement as a "stinking mess" while blaming the Diem assassination.
The new Republican lawmakers William Brock of Tennessee Robert Taft Jr Lowell Weicker of Connecticut J Glenn Beall of Maryland join veterans Hugh Scott William Saxby and Clifford Hansen to push back on antiwar rhetoric and call for restraint in political speeches. They aim to counter Muskie McGovern Humphrey rhetoric and press for Nixon’s Vietnam policy with a wider focus beyond Laos. The group enjoys Nixon aides support and targets Democratic leaders to curb perceived misrepresentation while projecting a tougher stance ahead of 1972 elections.
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