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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201 and serves as the local newspaper with standard reporting and notices.
Vermont residents voice concern over Welfare Commissioner Betit and his plan to end welfare abuses by tightening rules. A Royalton foster mother threatens legal action over denied clothing allowances for four children, highlighting delays through bureaucratic channels. Gov. Davis may urge a balance between fiscal restraint and child needs as billboard regulation and Riehle law enforcement face scrutiny.
A Banner reader recalls two meetings this year where University of Vermont professors expressed views considered dangerous to government and society. The writer criticizes the professors for intolerance toward both government and the university.
The remarks criticize speakers for radical views and affiliations with North Vietnam and Cuba, claiming they would be punished abroad but are funded by taxpayers to teach at universities. They allege downgrading of the U S government and condemnation of housing aid, military spending, and the corporate system.
In a letter to the Editor, Selectman ORMALB. PIERCE charges The Banner with irresponsible reporting. He says remarks from an executive session were misrepresented and harmful to his character, urging readers to review public records showing the full context.
A letter condemns Miss White as evasive over child abuse charges in schools and calls for public discussion. It stresses family values, denounces radicals in universities, urges action from leaders, parents, students, and trustees, and defends free expression within a democratic, tax funded system. Norman G Beauvais signs.
A long letter compares Raymond Mungo's Total Loss Farm to critics. The author disputes Richard Sennett and Leo Marks, arguing Mungo presents two paths beyond mechanization and materialism, with praise for Mungo's prose and a sharp rebuke of Brattleboro Reformer coverage.
New York columnist scoffs at Senator Fulbright for branding the Pentagon a propaganda machine. He argues the White House bears the blame for military cutbacks and inflation priorities, noting reduced forces, carrier decommissions, and renewed Soviet naval strength while defense spending lags behind.
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