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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
An editorial traces the decline of home canning and the rise of aluminum and plastic packaging. It reports a new tin can reclamation scheme, developed with industry groups, creating a plant in West Virginia to melt cans into new steel, while noting transportation challenges and potential economic incentives to promote recycling.
A column reflects on marijuana cancer research, Agnew exile, cemetery space shortages, and school startups. It notes radio briefings from Radio Moscow and VOA, critiques Vermont secret primary ballots, and a Putnam Square observer who plans to vote first time this year. Odd musings from Changing Times conclude with nostalgia for garden furniture.
Vermont gears up for Sept 8 with open primary voting. Voters will receive stapled identical ballot sets for both parties and choose a single party's ballot. Secretary of State Thomas promotes participation while noting clerks face heavy prep with thousands of ballots.
A Williamstown reader brands Nixon era rhetoric as deceit and calls for cutting war funding and rethinking U S policy. The letter contrasts Nixonia with real U S conditions, cites inflation, education funding, civil rights, dissent, and Vietnam terms, urging truthful discourse and antiwar action.
A reader cites an Aug 26 article about the Secret Service selecting seven women for White House police posts, imagining training scenes and duties. The letter ponders discreet access, attire, and guard duties, noting concern for Pat and Tricia and urging letters with signatures and addresses.
A columnist warns about rising noise pollution from modern gadgets and supersonic transport. He cites jet engines, motorcycles, rock festivals, and the SST as sources of nerve strain, arguing future tech may reduce noise but poses new perceptual challenges. He laments urban clamor and recalls a deaf uncle who eschewed hearing aids.
The Soviet press prints warnings on drunkenness housing and divorce while avoiding reasons behind them. Brezhnev cites wasted work time and drink driven issues, yet editors do not explain why life under socialism mirrors these problems. The piece notes censorship blocks inquiry into causes and links to ideology and housing flaws.
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