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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. It serves as the local newspaper for Bennington County and surrounding communities with news, notices, and public records.
Bennington selectmen applaud a radical new town report covering 1968 finances and 1969 expectations. The concise format includes a two page overall financial statement with line by line expenses, brief explanations, and highlighted life in town through pictures. Officials anticipate public reaction and hope other Vermont towns adopt the clearer presentation.
Vermont lawmakers ease deer control as the Fish and Game Department nears ownership of the herd. Senate committee approves transferring authority from Legislature, with dog shooting dates debated and an April 1 open season kept. A dog wardens’ land safety concern is raised, no protection plan yet.
The Vermont Life magazine shifts toward candor with more candid articles on Lake Champlain pollution nuclear risk, racial climate by Robert W. Mitchell, and a dissent from Samuel R. Ogden. Future pieces may examine Bennington landfill junk car cleanup while maintaining pastoral visuals.
The piece argues elite influence shapes Republican foreign policy in Nixon era, highlighting Henry Kissinger’s staff choices from Johnson and Kennedy eras, the role of foundations, and the tension between free market advocates like Milton Friedman and socialist economists such as Heilbroner and Myrdal. It questions grassroots ideas and urges more Friedman, less Heilbroner, for sound policy.
A longtime property expert defends his Feb commentary on wealth measurements in town grand lists. He argues residential values distort perceived town wealth and defends taxation of such property while noting his expertise as a lister and appraiser. Landgrove, Vermont.
Washington notes a Wall Street jitters scene with computerized errors sending oversized checks to stockholders, and reports heavy delays in stock deliveries as investors, pensions, and institutions fear a repeat of 1929. Officials urge restrained lending and reforms while acknowledging lofty optimism and looming risks.
A columnist notes science now deems catnip a potent drug for youths, likening glue and banana peel experiments of the past to modern catnip use. The piece ridicules parental warnings while urging vigilance as researchers explore addictive possibilities in everyday substances.
In a Feb issue letter, P V Roach presses for detailed Vermont budget and spending disclosures for 1969, urging publicity and legislative clarity. The writer cites budgeting experience and questions Vermont practices, then repeats a long Mark Twain excerpt echoed by Frank Hodack, reflecting on the vanity and fate of many lives.
Adlai Stevenson criticized attempts to classify all people as left or right, likening the practice to a church seeking a new pastor. A deacon remarked they want someone not too radical or conservative, merely mediocre, in a Boston Globe report.
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