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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays. Published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The White House youth conference in Colorado drew 1500 delegates screened for loyalty and geography. The report from North Carolina’s Karen Rux urged universal health care, large housing aid, amnesty for draft violators, an annual income, and education funding while capping defense at 50 billion. Senate Republican Bill Brock dismissed it as negative and unrepresentative. The full report goes to President Nixon for study, amid questions if he will read and heed it.
Martha Mitchell slams the Supreme Court after a ruling overturning anti busing laws. She tells the Washington Star that the nine old men should be extinguished prompting concern for Attorney General Mitchell. The comments revive questions about the first couple’s influence on national policy.
Excerpted from an editorial circulated in Holy Week across several Catholic and Christian journals. It accuses U S leaders of disproportionate means in Vietnam, mass civilian suffering, and political deception. It condemns isolationist rhetoric and calls for restrained use of air power and global moral responsibility.
Eighteen miles outside Houston Texans seek the good life in a new development offering homes priced from 40000 to 200000 surrounded by a six foot brick wall with two guarded gates. Each house includes a 500 security package and optional panic buttons to summon private police while developers note a high concentration of Mexican-Americans in the area.
Legislators faced a lackluster final stretch with internal feuding and waning leadership. Key actions were few while notable reversals included delaying water pollution program implementation and repealing a mandatory school transportation law. The Miller formula for education funding was drastically altered amid an overall cautious, economically strained atmosphere.
A Letter to The Banner argues the welfare program shifts no moral burden from state to recipient and mocks Tony Masso for saying the state did not assume moral responsibility. The author cites fraud, illegal infractions, and abuses from stock car spending to multiple illegitimate children, urging accountability.
Letter from Douglas C. Schner, president of Manchester Wood, commends an editorial on Made in Vermont and urges promoting Vermonters craftsmanship and small industry. He notes his company uses a Handcrafted in Vermont logo and Vermont scenes in catalogs, ending with a invitation for more letters to the column.
Three years after a Lyndon Johnson primary withdrawal, Madison voters reject an antiwar measure on the municipal ballot. Despite student canvassing and labor opposition, the referendum fails as the city again weighs immediate troop withdrawal and allowing Southeast Asia to settle its own problem. West Madison VFW now backs the campaign, signaling shifted support.
In a Madison referendum, 66 percent opposed the war, with strong labor and hardhat support. Vermonters visiting Rep Stafford expressed war concerns, and critics urged citizens to write to him. A local sermon urged winning by losing, urging withdrawal to reclaim moral stature.
The Sports Fishing Institute links mercury fears to a push for a national waste discharge permit program under the old Refuse Act of 1899. It describes proposed rules requiring effluent treatment, reporting, permits, and compliance timetables, plus pollution control and enforcement measures.
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