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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
East Coast worries mount over offshore drilling as lawmakers press for moratoriums and sanctuaries while Interior Secretary Morton denies permits. Sen Kennedy and others push bills to curb activity amid fears for fisheries, beaches, and coastal ecosystems.
Robert S. Monahan of Hanover New Hampshire writes regarding a Bennington Vermont Banner reprint. He claims a courtroom experience in Urbara Illinois supported justice for a University of Vermont figure and questions academic freedom and disclosure at Dartmouth College versus UVM. He cites differences in state responses to coeducation and trustee voting, urging scrutiny of federal funding and campus transparency.
Analysis accuses Henry Kissinger and the administration of mishandling background briefings. The piece criticizes pool notes as unreliable, warns of misinterpretation of major international signals, and questions why top security data reached the press without clear government authorization.
A letter to The Banner relays a humorous Essex County 4-H News poem about snowmobilers. The piece contrasts a winter passion for riding with a summer routine of watching television, describing the snow rider as a creature driven by cold weather and gasoline. Bonnie Capron of North Bennington signs.
A commentary citing Walt Whitman on materialism and spiritual decay criticizes U S agricultural policy under Secretary Butz. It argues big business drives farming toward megatechnic monoculture with synthetic inputs, subsidies, and environmental harm, urging a shift to biodynamic farming and rural livelihoods.
A Harris poll shows Nixon is beatable with 50 percent saying he lacks confidence and 20 percent calling him untrustworthy. Muskie’s campaign poll of Democratic primary voters finds Muskie well liked, with strong honesty and depth ratings, while Kennedy and Humphrey face hostility. Nixon remains top target for Democrats, with Muskie favored to oppose the President.
A Women’s Lib leader addressing a women’s club with male guests said women will soon form the order of the day in the military. She asked who could beat a well trained army of women and a male heckler shot back with “One mouse.”
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