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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. This notice confirms the newspaper's operating schedule and address for readers seeking information or subscriptions.
The piece weighs pollution by burning and incineration against waste disposal limits, home disposals, and landfill limits in Vermont towns like Bennington. It notes technology’s paradoxes, legal constraints, and the need for public will. It then examines Vermont Attorney General Jeffords sidestepping racial discrimination questions for private clubs with liquor licenses, comparing Maine and Massachusetts actions, and signaling forthcoming complaints and legal scrutiny.
In a Christmas season letter, Gladys Lodge urges restraint and social care, calling for reduced consumption, recycling, and biosphere-friendly goods. She recalls World War I sacrifice and cites figures like Walter J. Hickel and Earl Warren, urging cooperation, mercy, and to help those in need in 1971.
Miscellany reflections at year’s end weigh belief in the reasonable, noting many say elderly Vermonters live in poverty without data. Essays rail at private schooling cuts, welfare bureaucracy, and a guaranteed income plan, then close with an insomniac retiree story from the Wall Street Journal.
A New Year poem welcomes a newborn, urging Hope Faith and Love. It urges nurture in freedom and prosperity, guided by God and enduring values. It contrasts material unrest with democratic action and charity, calling for love and responsible upbringing.
Readers greet a new seed catalogue from Joseph Harris Co. with color pages of prize pumpkins and tropical bulbs. The piece details favorite marigolds, sunflowers, and a wish list of both familiar staples and experimental vegetables, including seedless watermelon and easy crops like celery substitutes, while noting it isn’t yet time to start seed flats.
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