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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily excluding Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece argues NASA will close its $100 million Electronic Research Center in Cambridge Massachusetts by June 30. It notes 800 plus staff, an $18 million payroll, and $140 million in planned Kendall Square development risk, while questioning budget priorities and potential shift to Mars missions.
A provocative commentary notes the Cigar Institute of America courting female smokers with ads and a former beauty queen as assistant director. It cites outdated etiquette guidance and jokes about potential laws restricting women from smoking while recalling Lucky Strike campaigns. The piece mocks industry pushback and gender politics in advertising.
An unofficial report says Britain may export 50 Mirage planes 200 armored cars to Libya while a Belfast maker develops the Blowpipe a 36 pound guided rocket rifle. If sold widely it could defeat tanks helicopters and planes at two miles altering balance in conflicts from Vietnam to the Middle East.
A reader in The Banner opposes President Nixon's welfare bill citing costs an increase in payments from family splits and high earnings deductions. The letter warns the plan may create incentives to hide income or abandon work rather than lift the poor.
Leonard M Greene of White Plains New York criticizes Pownal School Board over bond plans and alleged misstatements on size costs site work and equipment. He questions the $986 667 total vs 760 000 estimate and accuses the board of misrepresentation while urging readers to contact lawmakers in Washington.
Tulsa Tribune reports Naturizer Inc in Norman keeps ten cattle on a fifth floor plant to test feeding them processed garbage. The project aims to cut feed costs and solve urban refuse disposal by feeding cattle a diet of alfalfa grain and various discarded materials. Cattle are housed with music to boost morale, and calves will be bred into the study.
In Landgrove a light female ring neck pheasant visits a front yard daily and evades easy identification by books, while a neighbor notes anchor ice forming in swift streams signaling upcoming storms. The author seeks explanations for both phenomena and records two December sightings across local rivers.
Secretary George Romney outlines a national housing push prioritizing 26 million dwelling units and bold reforms. The HUD program Operation Breakthrough aims to unite private firms labor and governments to cut red tape fund R D and expand high volume home construction through new financing and management methods.
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