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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
An editorial criticizes Vermont lawmakers for advancing a parochial aid bill amid last minute trades. It argues the plan funds private schools at public expense, risks constitutional challenges, and discriminates against districts with fewer parochial students while shrinking overall aid to all schools.
A footnote to the SST controversy reports the House and Senate rejection of further action while 17 states including Massachusetts and New York consider laws banning supersonic passenger planes from airports or airspace. A Christian Science Monitor survey notes uncertain passage but reflects grass roots opposition and warns Concorde sponsors that U.S. landing rights are unlikely. Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith warns the Concorde has little chance of landing in the United States. Congress has blocked Boeing's SST, and states may complete the démarche.
Two letters to The Banner editor debate guns and automobiles. Harold Rowe argues cars cause more deaths annually than guns while praising protective laws, and Phastine Zephyx lyrically reflects spring freedom through a boy's outdoor joys and uncertainty.
A reader argues against scapegoating Lt. Calley, saying he had a gun and others were in the same position, yet not all acted violently. The letter appears in Shaftsbury Hollow correspondence inviting further letters to the column within 200 words.
Editorial notes mock President Nixon for calling a peaceful revolution while speaking before the Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The piece mocks the DAR as unlikely revolutionaries and praises Vermont legislators wives for their winter knitting and fundraising efforts, contrasting outcomes with statehouse laws.
Earl Warren argues that the U S judicial system is clogged delaying juries in civil and criminal cases. He cites Brooklyn’s Eastern District Court where indictments to trials take about 22 months and arrests to trial extend to roughly two years, risking injustice to the innocent and enabling further crimes by the guilty.
A reader argues against a Goddard College critic and the use of the place name Niggerhead in Marshfield Vermont. The letter condemns racism, defends state leaders, questions racially motivated names, and urges apology to Vermonters while urging focus on real public issues and education. It cites Bald Mountain and mentions local figures like Mr McRae.
In response to Mrs. Louise G. Larus's April 21 letter about a bobcat shot by Donald Greene, Bennington argues bobcats threaten livestock and children. He opposes senseless hunting but says protecting people and pets may justify killing a 31 pound bobcat to prevent injuries.
A reader letter from Arlington criticizes fluoridation and its opponents, lampooning fear mongering and urging clear discussion. The piece parodies heated rhetoric on science, pollution, and public health, ending with a pointed jab at excessive alarm.
The governor proclaims Conservation Education Week from May 1 to May 8, highlighting Green Up Day and Arbor Day observances and honoring George Perkins Marsh. Vermont education and garden clubs push for statewide teacher guides, a Campbell-led river study at Mt. Anthony High, and local distribution of five conservation units and walloomsac water quality lessons.
The article surveys how leading Democrats including Muskie McGovern Humphrey Jackson Hughes Bayh Kennedy and Edward Kennedy reacted to Lt Calley's court martial and Nixon's intervention. It notes mixed positions, with Muskie avoiding verdict commentary while others criticized or supported actions, highlighting political maneuvering during the Indochina crisis.
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