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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
A Brattleboro public hearing on the Vernon Vermont Yankee plant yielded little new detail. Dr. Irving Lyon pressed 50 questions on health and safety, raising concerns about radiation effects and long term risks. The piece urges full answers from the Vermont Board of Health and criticizes AEC and Yankee for dismissing critics.
This column lists national and local conservation organizations to contact for help and information. It highlights groups such as The Conservation Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, The Wilderness Society, Wildlife Society, World Wildlife Fund, National Audubon Society, Environmental Action, Environmental Action Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Defense Fund, with addresses and notes on their work and publications. Also mentions local groups like the Committee for Survival and the Conservation Society of Southern Vermont.
Bennington selectmen face a dilemma after appointing the son of a member to a high paid town accountant post, contradicting a two year old anti nepotism stance. Citizens express disgust as unification approaches, urging the board to uphold firm hiring policies and public trust.
The Christian Science Monitor condemns a disgraceful affair in which a Lithuanian sailor seeking asylum aboard a U S Coast Guard ship was returned to his vessel as Russians reportedly beat him. It calls for a full airing of the incident, accountability, and a clear U S stance on asylum rights, noting decency and global impact.
Not lost on others the piece notes Walter J. Hickel first appeared before a national audience at the 1968 Miami Beach Republican convention. It cites his discomfort with pledging loyalty to Nixon and suggests the administration fixates on loyalty to the chief, a dynamic that helped ruin Hickel and informs other insiders. It also discusses potential shifts in party leadership and names Donald Rumsfeld as a possible successor in federal anti poverty and White House roles.
The passage outlines Rumsfeld's support for Lenzner and activist lawyers, his overrides of Reagan's veto on welfare-related legality, and his handling of Reed's regionalization plan. It frames Lenzner's view of politics, ABA concerns, and a sequence ending with Lenzner's firing and the possible survival of the Legal Services program.
Two letters to The Banner oppose extending the school year or day citing teen employment and family vacation costs. They question teacher workloads and funding, and urge reconsideration. A second letter criticizes the Harte Theatre for immoral nude scenes and calls for decency in Bennington and Pownal, urging authorities to shut or regulate the cinema.
A reader note highlights a poem titled Psalm of Pollution from Smoke Signals, Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs. Jay Jarrett of Pine Jog Conservation Education Center authored the satire about pollution and environmental damage, with attribution to Mrs Marcia S Barber of Old Bennington.
To the Editor of The Banner, Robert Santway argues the Bennington selectmen shoulder too much and suggests delegating more to Town Manager Edward Lamb. He questions the Higgins appointment, notes only two applicants for a town job with the selectman’s son as one, and doubts a mass resignation would change the personnel or outcomes.
More than 1,000 invitations to the United Counseling Service Junior Christmas Cotillion, to be held Dec 23, were mailed to high school through college sophomores. The invitation targets youths not in the Mt. Anthony Union School District, especially those in Manchester, Arlington and Dorset, offering personal invitations on request from Mrs. Donald Shea or Mrs. Albert Edmundson, chairmen.
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