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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Banner notes Joe Swayze’s humorous sleuthing about a town YMCA meeting but warns the public deserves clear disclosure. It condemns secret sessions and PR spin, urging full public discussion as Bennington contemplates a dog ordinance and potential voter involvement.
The author laments Supreme Court split decisions and urges Vermont action toward an 18 year old vote. He cites Roosevelt style remedies and questions Senator Prouty's stance while proposing constitutional changes or separate ballots for 18 year olds to align with federal elections. The piece ends with signature E. J. Ellenwood.
Dear Geoff outlines winter composting methods and early garden planning. It covers pit versus on-site sheet compost, shredding materials, manure, rock phosphate, and moisture, plus securing space with a fence and winter preparation. It also advises shredders or manual methods, gathering wood chips and sludge, adding earthworms, then planning a pest resistant bed with marigolds cosmos mints parsley nasturtiums and onion family plants. It ends with seed catalogs, mulching materials, and a six to eight inch mulch depth before tilling next year.
Vermont House Speaker Walter L. Kennedy defended Bennington County’s delegation after a Banner editorial suggested legislators are elected by default. He argued the county has consistently had excellent representation, noting only three contested districts last November.
Editor notes two local banks offer half a million dollars for small business loans to spur economic upturn and create jobs. Vermont legislature action and unemployment benefit extension are welcomed amid rising fuel oil and gasoline prices. Nixon era price investigations urged. colophon cites United Mine Workers Journal on dogs.
The UCS Cotillion committee will refund two dollars per ticket to 134 attendees after a December 23 dance disappointment. Refunds begin January 18 at Mt Anthony Union High School cafeteria 10 30 a m to 1 p m. provide your name for verification. A phone refund option exists at 24309.
An analysis argues the December unemployment rate of 6 percent is inflated by a 1965 method change and inclusion of trainees in Job Corps and similar programs. It asserts real unemployment, adjusted to pre-1965 standards, was about 5.5 percent, with further declines unlikely as Vietnam drawdown expands. The piece cites President Nixon’s deficit plans and political dynamics, and ends with an anecdote from The Crofter and the Laird by John McPhee.
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