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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1970
Page
4
Michigan’s right to clean air and water expands legal standing
A Michigan law empowers any resident to sue individuals, companies, or agencies for significant environmental contamination. Safeguards curb frivolous suits, establishing a clean environment as a legal right and signaling a model for other states amid heavy industrial pollution and automotive emissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Milliken
United States
History Rewritten After the Fact
Analysis argues Kennedy might have pulled US forces from Vietnam if re elected in 1964, per Kenneth O Donnell in Life magazine. Article notes advisers and Pentagon pressure make the scenario speculative and tied to 1964 election outcomes. The piece ends with brief local newspaper quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
F.D.R
Russia
Kenneth P. O’donnell
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
O’donnell
J.F.K
Kennedy
Vietnam
Johnson
Pentagon
Letter to the Editor on Vermont environmental decisions
Readers condemn the state Environmental Board for downgrading the Vernon Comerford Spruce Paper project standards in Pownal. The letter criticizes agency deference to private interests, cites public health and habitat concerns, and laments lost progress on water quality for the Hoosic River and other developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
State Environmental Board
District Environmental Commission
Spruce Paper Co
Pownall
Public Service Board
Vernon
Comerford
Bennington District Commission
Pownal
Hoosic River
Vermont Board's Standards and the Act 250 Debate
The State Board cannot create new standards but must enforce existing regulations, raising concerns of overreach. The quasi legislative body has power to set binding rules for land development, yet faced a secret session decision amid allegations of undue political influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board
Vermont
District Commission
Davis
Environmental Board
Robert Williams
Readers debate mercury poison and war ethics in letters
The Banner letters discuss mercury origins from explosive shells, Vietnam bombings, and environmental policy. They critique the Environmental Board, praise columnist Gerald Raftery, and congratulate Eleanor and Gerry Raftery on their 37th wedding anniversary, with Arlington signatories Marge and Rock R. Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Raftery
Mr. Raftery
Raftery
Banner
Eleanor and
Gerry Raftery
Controversy Over Vermont Electric Spraying Landmark
Local readers in Bondville report a contested July 25 agreement between Vermont Electric Cooperative and Windham County State's Attorney M Jerome Diamond. Critics question state involvement and legality of defoliant use along rights of way, noting health and environmental concerns while urging stricter oversight and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Electric Cooperative
Windham County
M. Jerome Diamond
Geoffrey Chapman
The
Bennington Banner
Bondville
Water Resources Board
Department
The Lighter Side Yogurt and the Hangover Cure Idea
A humorous column traces yogurt’s debated health perks from Metchnikoff to modern claims. It notes no proven disease cure yet discusses England’s sobriety laws prompting tests of yogurt to lower alcohol in blood and a playful recipe for an orange yogurt rum chaser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Illya Metchnikoff
Bulgaria
Britannica
England
Stephens Gaymont
Gaymont Laboratories, Inc
United States
Gaymont
Gaumont
Board Styles Clash in Bennington and MAUHS
A close look at two Vermont district boards shows MAUHS leaning progressive with lively meetings in a large high school room, while BSD runs a quiet, disciplined session in a small main Street office. Both boards meet openly, with MAUHS sessions lasting about two hours and BSD meetings typically one hour to an hour and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union High
Bennington
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
Beatles
Mills Brothers
BSD
MAUHS
Mt. Anthony
David Adler
Bald Mountain
Sleemans
Richard
Brother George
Sleeman
Dr. Sleeman
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Main Street
Burlington Free Press
Fischetti
the Banner
William S. Cowles
Virginia
Argonne Forest
Hanoi
Shaftsbury
Rene’ Dubos
Worcester
Marge and
Rock R. Rogers
Arlington
Electric Company
By Dick West
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