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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner, published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation, operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201. The notice lists the publisher and corporate address for the regional newspaper.
Editorials argue the SST program faces mounting opposition in the Senate over cost and environmental impact. Critics fault the administration for poor messaging after Nixon’s optimistic TV remark and Beggs’ defense of aircraft industry interests.
Editor notes explain the local YMCA’s financial plight and urgent push for pledges by Sept 1 to fund the building and pool, estimating 31 dollars per family. The piece urges Bennington residents to respond as in the past, to avoid halting completion.
Howard Therrien urges Bennington residents to support the Bennington Area YMCA with financial help citing delays in construction and cutbacks and stressing the plea is for the kids not the organization. Verder Elwell commends Steven Rice’s high school letter praising its model education and warns against turning the school into a mere factory.
A reader praises Mrs. Tripp for criticizing welfare aid in the Banner, arguing welfare draws on taxpaying workers. The letter urges collective action to limit spending and ensure help goes to those who earn it, warning that sustained drains could leave working men without support.
A reader-posed quote from Senator Winston Prouty on car leasing prompts reflections linking George Bernard Shaw. Letters stress welfare burdens on working families while condemning overreach of a basic welfare law and advice to cope with noisy dogs and neighbor friction.
Dr Douglas A Sargent from Grosse Pointe Mich criticizes Bennington school board for banning modern dance amid a push toward rigid discipline. He argues dance fosters freedom and individuality, warns of a new order suppressing self expression, and urges reversal of the decision.
Carolee R. Palmer argues Mount Anthony Union High School should emphasize hard core programs like quantity cooking typing and data processing to prepare students for lives and earnings. She criticizes dance as unnecessary and urges focus on practical education while criticizing administrators and editors.
Vermont Life Magazine and Stephen Greene Press publish Mischief in the Mountains edited by Walter Hard Jr and Janet C Greene. The anthology collects a century of tales mixing fact and fable with Gothic illustrations by Jane Brown. It notes vampire legends, treasure legends, and quirks of Vermont’s frontier history while urging further research into figures like John O’Neil and Clarence Adams.
United Press International reports campaign funds are tight in New York, with Democrats and Republicans seeing reduced donations. Rockefeller’s bid remains well funded, while Goodell faces a fundraising gap and GOP splits over his term bid. Buckley gains potential votes with Liberal endorsement. Ottinger leads in polling.
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