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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201, serving local readers with daily news and notices.
Editorial argues Ford failed to report $11,500 in campaign contributions, routed post-limit funds through GOP channels. Cites Citizens Research Foundation data showing big donors fueled party campaigns, calling legal bribe concerns a broader reform need and urging tougher laws while warning against hypocrisy.
Regional and statewide calls for reworking property listing in Vermont focus on fair market value. Sen Buckley backs professional, regional listers to keep Grand List current, replacing elected part time boards. Voters in Bennington Shaftsbury weigh professional reappraisals to reduce inequities from sales prices.
In New Delhi and Calcutta an undercover investigation reveals a thriving illegal tiger and leopard skin trade despite government bans. The account notes a 20th century decline from about 40 000 tigers to 1500 and shows dealers offering 20 to 50 fresh skins monthly, with uncured skins on display and a storehouse full of leopard skins and a tiger.
A compilation of letters applauding Prospect School and its sponsors, criticizing Vietnam war conduct and marijuana punishment, and urging wildlife protection. The missives reference Mrs Silberman, GIs’ behavior, and multiple education agencies, plus a New Delhi wildlife article excerpted by the NYT.
Vermont politics in 1972 hinges on 30,000 eligible youth voters and a clash over civil rights, poverty, war and the environment. Democrats, seen as liberal by some, struggle with internal factions while Gov. Deane Davis projects a centrist to left-leaning stance, environmental controls, and reelection pressure.
The Penobscot River in Maine shows an extinct salmon run reestablishing with nearly 100 salmon up the river last year aided by fish ladders. A $79,000 Ford Foundation grant supports University of Maine antipollution research to help restore upstream salmon migration and raise hopes for similar efforts on the Connecticut River. Bay State authorities monitor the program closely.
New York reports Bernadette Devlin, the Northern Ireland activist once jailed for rock throwing in Derry, has returned to the United States to raise funds for her campaign. She now targets White Anglo-Saxon Protestant donors and plans to lecture at about 50 American universities for a fee, bypassing Irish-American communities she once addressed.
An Irish activist Bernadette Devlin travels a costly tour fundraising for a socialist project while praising capitalist funding for destroying the capitalist system. Critics warn such money links undermine free speech and accuse her of seeking gunrunning funds, urging scrutiny by universities like Rutgers and media outlets.
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