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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues federal aid leverage drives rapid school integration in the South. It credits the 1964 Civil Rights Act and HEW funding with spurring progress, warns against relaxing enforcement, and urges Nixon to sustain the desegregation push to honor legal obligations.
A viewpoint notes that the postwar era spans 30 tumultuous years since 1919 and 1939, marking vast upheavals without major power war. It laments Vietnam and Czechoslovakia, Indonesia, and Biafra, while warning of U S and Soviet brinkmanship over vast territories and conflicting aims.
The article argues that after 30 years of U S United States Soviet leadership avoided a major war, sparking a rare window for reflection. It notes Khrushchev liberalization followed by Brezhnev Kosygin retrenchment, Nixon’s cautious diplomacy, and the shared aim to prevent total war while failing to craft a global order. It asks whether this pause will yield wiser policy.
A reflective column argues that society is drawn behind a dark curtain of constant technological and political concerns. It warns that reliance on chemicals, atomic power, and automation risks destroying health, privacy, nature, and civilization, urging a rejection of materialist values and a shift toward deeper cultural renewal. It cites Henry Winthrop on cybernation and leisure, noting two paths for civilization amid rising mass culture or development of restorative free time.
Vermonters packed meetings when deer herd and a doe season were discussed, with over 200 attendees in Wallingford. The Water Resources Board drew about 25, Education Department session drew 100, and Committee for Survival saw 35 to 40, highlighting public interest in hunting and land use over broad educational or health concerns.
The Berkshire Eagle notes Vermont trims public beckoning ads in favor of local and regional planning funding. Developers press fast growth in southern counties, prompting interim zoning and slow regional planning, risking lax regulations on lot sizes sewage water and road systems. Vermonters shown as prudent, guiding others in New England.
The Boston Globe ad from Donnelly warns against private interests regulating billboards via town meetings, urging public state regulation instead. The piece argues self government isn’t a catastrophe and mocks alarm over billboard control while praising billboard art and industry.
The writer mourns her 19 year old nephew Jim killed in a fast car crash. She cites 55,000 annual highway deaths and 150,000 cripplings, decries lax auto safety standards, and urges stronger industry and government action to prevent more deaths. She questions why moon missions succeed while car safety lags and asks readers to demand safer vehicles.
Ray C Murray objects to how he was assailed during the Prospect school hearing and questions wording changes in the report. He compliments participants Lerner, Buxbaum, and Keough, notes the commissioner used the platform for persuasive appeal, and raises two technical points about a question and the attorney’s residency.
Mary Mattison of ast Road thanks the zoning board and Edward Rice of the Vermont Health Department for handling the variance at B and S Trailer Park. She asserts mobile homes offer economical living, notes proper septic and water concerns, and questions snake presence near the reservoir. Hugh Dollard calls for comprehensive review of Vermont’s atomic program amid talks of new plants and open hearings.
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