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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The editorial challenges Senator George D Aiken on promoting nuclear energy as a cure for power shortages. It questions insurance under Price Anderson, cites Brookhaven figures, and notes Aiken’s stance on licensing reactors as commercial ventures, urging clear answers to the public.
Governor Deane C. Davis met a Newport resident who claims to live on 54 dollars monthly and even drives a car. The elderly woman refused welfare and praised self sufficiency, suggesting her method could aid welfare cost discussions and help Vermonters facing high rents taxes and prices.
Editor notes praise Bennington selectmen for finally probing the price of an overhead warning blinker at Vail and Silk Roads while they also consider traffic controls at Park Street Extension Kocher Drive and Lyons District Road. The column quips that sign cost investigation and traffic surveys won t prevent crashes, but marks progress. It also jokes that New York City spends more to dispose of the Sunday New York Times than to buy it.
Russell Baker humorously chronicles a vacation spent not reading Steppenwolf or Remembrance of Things Past, not learning to sail, and not pursuing a sun tan or fitness, while quietly studying not reading about Nixon. He concludes by balancing restraint with a sly claim he will soon speak with authority about the young.
In a May action the California Board of Education backed Dr Edwin Klotz Guidelines for Moral Instruction. Russell Kirk critiques the document as a sober call for state responsibility in shaping norms. he links public indifference to Kennedy Chappaquiddick events with a broader decline in virtue and education.
John W Gardner warns of higher education risks from alienation yet U.S. colleges still rely on alumni and foundations. Gifts reached 1.57 billion, a 101.5 million rise from 1967. Congress debates eligibility rules tying federal aid to campus discipline amid Student unrest and Vietnam War tensions. Williams College shows strong alumni giving, shaping budgets in an unsettled funding climate.
A Banner reader asks Sen George D Aiken to reconsider funding for nuclear power. Citing delays at Oyster Creek and Elk River decontamination costs, the letter argues against further AEC appropriations and the fast breeder reactor push.
Citizens urge full public hearings on nuclear power policy and safety. A Brattleboro reader questions AEC oversight, insurance gaps, and funding priorities, while another letter accuses local theatre coverage of falsehoods and urges editor attention to Weston performances.
James H Pleasant of Bennington criticizes the scheduled August 26 hearing on behalf of the William H Morse Construction Corp. He argues the timing is poor and laments policy delays while accusing officials of tolerating pollution and proposing moving the river to bypass the Ver mont Tissue Corp mill. He notes trout would suffer and mocks the process.
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