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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. The organization prints local news, notices, and community items for readers in Bennington and surrounding areas.
Editorial argues the House approved a bill imposing seven cents per voter cap on TV and radio campaign spending for all contests including primaries and governors. It ends the equal time rule, requires broadcasters to offer low bulk rates, and notes broader regulation could extend to newspaper ads.
ABC documentary Eye of the Storm revisits Jane Elliott's Riceville Iowa classroom experiment dividing students into blue and brown eyed groups to expose prejudice. The film shows how bias shifts with role reversal and ends with the collars discarded. Also notes unverified Bennington area rumors and a local election inquiry into 13 votes for unification.
The Nelson bill proposes up to 1.5 billion dollars for federally financed public service jobs in state and local government, linking manpower training to job creation. It aims to place 150,000 to 200,000 new workers in hospitals, schools, police and fire departments, welfare, and parks, with 90 percent salary coverage. The plan targets chronically understaffed agencies and cites pilots like New Careers and Operation Mainstream as models, urging White House support for federalism and workfare.
The author contrasts Haiti and Tibet through reading lists of works on both, arguing Haiti's decline under a brutal regime and Tibet's suppression under Communist China reveal stark differences in culture, fate, and Western responses. He contemplates U.S. nonintervention amid rising communist influence and laments overlooked crises on his own doorstep.
In a Nation column, Tom Wicker argues the plan to ship 3,000 tons of GB nerve gas through seven Southern states and dump it offshore near Florida exposes deep flaws in the defense establishment. The piece denounces secrecy, mismanagement, and unaccountable power, warning of unpredictable ecological and global consequences and urging public scrutiny.
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