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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation, located at 429 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Bennington officials study the town listing system with listers real estate dealers and the Board of Civil Authority. They seek fairer assessments amid statewide inequities and potential legislative action if a viable plan emerges.
A Labor Department forecast says only 20 percent of future job openings will require a college degree. Vocational training may lead to better jobs in many fields, and teaching shortages have shifted to overabundance. Parents and counselors must reassess motives for higher education as competition grows.
Bennington residents urge safer Park Street Extension with pedestrians and cyclists facing fast traffic and poor lighting. Officials should install a sidewalk and street lights to reduce hazards as days grow shorter. The piece urges timely action by the selectmen.
The piece denounces conscription as forced servitude that violates the 13th Amendment. It argues the draft creates two years of idleness, indoctrinates youth in cynicism, and fuels corruption from a national lottery to dodge service. It links Vietnam, Secretary Laird, and a system rewarding luck over duty, predicting a renewed Senate push.
Letters critique the MATHS teacher hiring resolution and call for balanced views on new teachers quoting Mrs Margaret Roy and Nathan Pressman. Other writers praise Bennington fire crews for Battle Day events and a haystack fire on Red Mountain Road Arlington.
To the Editor of The Banner, Larry Bogart is expected to talk and answer questions at 3 p.m. August 19 in the vestry downstairs of Dorset Church. The public is invited. Bogart has devoted years to studying the issue and carries up to date information. Miss Gladys Lodge Dorset.
A writer celebrates recovery from a broken leg with a tone of contentment at Skylark. They praise skating as superb conditioning and envision year round indoor ice. The piece swaps rigid schedules for flexible living and humorously notes a home life philosophy shift. It ends with a nature vignette about yellow shafted flickers and the bird’s diet and nickname variety.
In a note from Winsted, Congressman outlines summer recess Aug 7 to Sept 8 with family sailing on Lake Champlain and camping in Vermont. He will hold office hours Aug 28 at Rutland and says the Washington office stays open. The report highlights fiscal 1972 funding, with $20.8 billion for Labor and HEW and over $83 billion for human resources, plus defense outlays. He notes voting against a CBS contempt resolution and backing a $250 million Lockheed loan, and discusses proposed troop withdrawal, economy, welfare reform, and federal–state revenue sharing. He closes by inviting constituent views and ends with an elevator joke from the crowd.
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