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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner released daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation at 429 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. The notice confirms the paper's publication pattern and corporate address.
Editorial discusses fair market value for property taxation in Vermont noting a gap between owners' and tax assessors' valuations. It proposes a DIY approach where each owner sets a ten year sale value, arguing it could curb bias and costs, while acknowledging legality and practicality concerns.
The U S Forest Service plans a Woodsy Owl to accompany Smokey the Bear in posters and ads with the slogan Give a Hoot Dont Pollute The effort aims to curb littering and forest damage though some ignore such messages Smokey remains a popular and profitable symbol for the agency.
A clash between a teen dance on Saturday Aug 14 by Bennington firemen and a local youths fund raising concert shows the need for a central event calendar. The town should clarify roles of the recreation committee, director, and selectmen and consider a central scheduling office.
Editor notes report a Twentieth Century Fund backed task force backing new towns with better self government and integrated economies. The Vermont plan by former Gov Philip Hoff to design new communities appears stalled amid state government lethargy.
The Nation criticizes President Nixon for undercutting HEW leadership, threatening desegregation funding, and signaling support for resistance to busing. It argues his stance damages public trust, weakens court decisions, and misleads on the purpose of busing to end dual school systems and improve education.
Senators question conflict of interest in bargain rate leases of cars by auto makers. The Pentagon bought ten new Cadillac Fleetwoods for official use at 1,000 dollars per car yearly while a Washington firm offers seven passenger limousines for 425 dollars monthly with maintenance. General Motors defends the program as an advertising arrangement, noting its rank as a top defense contractor.
A reader questions the recreation director's authority over scheduling the Armory firemen dance and the Willow Park Mike Fennessey benefit concert, noting the two events differ in indoor versus outdoor setting and distance. The letter also objects to a Joe Swayze article on a new local reappraisal plan and an offensive paragraph quoted from it.
A letter from Harry G. Rice urges Bennington residents to vote privately on all issues including a reappraisal funding. He argues voters should decide in booth rather than fund reappraisal by warning article and calls citizens to stand up and be counted.
The piece critiques a belief in a safe threshold for radiation from nuclear power and cites a 1954 New York study linking high bedrock radioactivity and water supplies to increased congenital malformations. It notes 36 percent more malformations in probable areas and 40 percent more from wells, with expert commentary on long-term genetic costs.
A New York analysis notes growing conservative discontent with Nixon after the 1970 elections. Buckley joins a coordinated anti-Nixon movement alongside Human Events and the American Conservative Union while warnings mount of a missile gap, oil shocks, and a toppled republic if Nixon ignores the dissidents.
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