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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner notes it is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Nation notes President Nixon dismissed Hans Morgenthau’s idea of arming warplanes with tactical nuclear weapons in Southeast Asia. It argues Congress should pass a measure banning any nuclear use in the Vietnam conflict, extending the Cooper Church amendment and tying the president’s hands.
Kenneth D. Tomkinson argues in a Florida letter that the American people are the sole sovereign and that Congress, not the courts or executive, must decide on war powers. He cites Vietnam and Korea, urges citizen registration with Supreme Court members, and credits Massachusetts with leading freedoms defense.
In a Vermont evening reminiscence, the author recalls a desert trek toward a dream home and a metamorphosis from public performance to a quieter rural life. Marta Becket’s Amargosa Opera House tale frames the piece, contrasting theatrical glamour with a sustained, peaceful pace and a late-life shift from skating career to teaching and memory.
The Burlington Free Press questions the reliability of fail safe measures after a Colorado National Emergency Warning Center clerical error caused a false nuclear alert. It notes a 41 minute delay to cancel and criticizes broadcasters for inconsistent responses, warning that if military systems are as fragile as civilian ones, accidental war could grow more probable.
In 1927 the Shafts bury Fish and Game Club hosted a rabbit hunt with 34 rabbits shot including two jackrabbits, though biologist Ben Day doubted jackrabbits ever existed in Vermont. The note complains of wildlife management, mercury pollution, and deer control politics, preferring legislative oversight.
To the Editor of The Banner announces a Sunday February 28 screening of Mata Hari at 3 p.m. at Manchester Cinema. The Garbo festival will span five classic Greta Garbo films. Series tickets cost 7.50 dollars and are sold at the Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester.
A reader urges readers to back Senator Stafford and a 1967 20 legislators plan for a volunteer army. The letter cites Nixon proposals of 1969 and the Gates Commission report of 1970, arguing for action to substitute volunteer service and criticizing the draft.
The piece analyzes a hypothetical all voters stay home election and proposes sudden death overtime or a voter draft to ensure turnout. It discusses amending laws to keep polls open until a candidate receives a vote and suggests absentee ballots from Canada for conscientious objectors.
FRANK MANKIEWICZ and TOM BRADEN argue that campus silence over Vietnam has shifted from cool rhetoric to despair and moral revulsion. They compare the mood to a mutinous Philadelphia baseball crowd and note a cultural move from hard rock to folk and country as a hopeful sign amid broader disengagement.
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