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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner, issued daily except Sundays and holidays, is published by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 429 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Editorial notes Mayor John Lindsay’s formal move from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party. It argues the conversion reshapes national politics, reflects GOP polarization, and highlights Lindsay’s long public distance from GOP leadership after previous endorsements and shifting allegiances.
A boy calls the Office of Emergency Preparedness to ask if his father can freeze his allowance, illustrating Washington’s evolving yet muddled stance on the new economic policies. Taxes aren’t frozen, tuition may float, and questions linger about teachers’ salaries. The piece criticizes bureaucratic inconsistency and the OEP’s readiness for coming disruptions while noting Lindsay’s uncertain path in 1972 politics.
Vermont Education Board blocks approval for Shaker Mountain School a three year old alternative program citing building code environmental and financial concerns. inspectors flag Burlington and Starksboro sites citing health sanitation and ventilation issues and recommend improvements and formal records and fundraising reforms.
In Chicago, Joseph Wright of Zenith Radio argues Japanese debt led production abroad, exporting jobs and depressing U.S. workers. He cites Zenith plants in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mexico, plus Caterpillar and auto firms expanding overseas. He warns Nixon’s policy must curb subsidies or risk permanent protectionism. Labor losses total about 47,700 electronics jobs between late 1969 and 1970.
Jamaica columnist George B. Gordon critiques Vermont Ski Area Association recommendations to Gov. Davis, warning of land speculation and conservation hypocrisy. He argues new ski developments rarely create native jobs, questions motives behind growth, and cautions Vermonters about outsiders and private club schemes, noting crocodile analogies and historic land grabs.
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