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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Nixon delays action on oil import quotas, seen as a gift to domestic producers and a blow to consumers in New England. Vermont residents face about $12 yearly extra, while nine New England senators protest. Senator Aiken urges patience, McIntyre hawks a larger oil governance threat centered in Texas rather than Maine or Vermont.
A reader responds to Feb 19 Banner letters, stating the fast and vigil for worldwide peace was conceived locally by a church group meeting Sundays for breakfast and discussion, not by Washington. The writer rejects claims of a Communist conspiracy, noting the Communist world is fragmented and diverse.
Letters to the editor from Pownal residents discuss road department reforms as Article 7 proposes appointing a full time road foreman and a helper with year round duties. Article 13 would fund equipment gradually to improve highway service while avoiding large bonded sums. Readers urge support, framing Vietnam war views and local governance.
In a Feb 16 1970 Congressional Record speech Rep. Robert L Leggett argues Costa Rica’s lack of armed forces, democratic stability, and pro–U.S. sentiment challenge U.S. security doctrine. He criticizes U.S. support for anti-Communist regimes, warning revolutions may come violent and anti-American.
In Mountain Chatter from Searsburg, a sunlit snowshoe plan turns into a small rescue when a chickadee nearly dies, then recovers in the house. The piece shifts to a vented critique of the new, bloated income tax forms, lamenting longer, more complex paperwork and budgetary implications.
Environment magazine reports that 16 planned Great Lakes nuclear plants would discharge about 18 billion gallons of heated water daily, equal to the Mississippi flow, with half entering Lake Michigan. Radiological risks, algae blooms, and ecological disruption are cited, urging extensive studies and safety-first policy. The piece predicts electricity costs and societal strain as trends continue.
The NAACP warns that zoning aimed at limiting suburbs to curb costs may also bar whites and blacks alike. Experts urge creation of new small cities linked by subsidized fast transit, with nearby factories to provide jobs, to prevent poverty traps and provide livable space for all.
The Boston Globe reports that President Nixon, in a haste to reach sports pages, avoids editorials. Editorial writers feel alarm relief or mixed emotions as they realize he is unaware of their positions rather than in disagreement.
Washington analysis portrays President Nixon pressing Panetta removal as part of Southern bloc tactics to entrench segregation and force a two country approach to civil rights. The piece argues the White House aims to redefine ends and means on school integration while fearing long term splits across regions and the federal judiciary.
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