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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
An editorial urges urgent action on air pollution and environmental protection. It notes industry promises of clean engines by 10 years, aviation reform by 1974, and a canceled jetport near the Everglades. It argues progress hinges on political and corporate will, not just idealism, and warns costs will rise but survival demands it.
The Shaftsbury and Bennington communities applaud Herbert H. Leonard for a good citizenship award by the Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce. Col. Robert J. Gilroy earns the award for greatest contribution, and will lead GBCC as president in 1970. The note also teases local planning distinctions and forewarns of a harsh January thaw and blizzard outlook.
Opinion argues the Black Panthers are not the attractive symbol of progress some portray. It defends constitutional rights for the group while criticizing glamourized fundraising events and the Memorial Day King observance as distorting the Black image and hindering genuine equality work.
The North Adams Transcript questions the GE union strike's justification amid harm to workers and bystanders. It favors the company offer including pay, cost of living adjustments, medical and pension gains, and urges workers to return. The piece condemns union tactics as ruinous and warns of looming ruin if the conflict continues.
The Mirage jet sale to Libya is allegedly a front for Egypt, with 50 aircraft destined to Egypt despite Libyan talks. U.S. officials and Vatican sources question French candor, linking the plan to Khadafi’s Nasserite aims and a wider Arab power shift.
Gerald G Walker of South Londonderry writes to The Banner opposing moving the Vermont Fish and Game Department into an Environmental Control Department. He argues the department is funded separately from the state General Fund and serves wildlife management with licenses and federal fees. He urges continued direct representation for Vermonters and preservation of its current independence.
The Trotskyist Communist Socialist Workers Party announces a 1970 election campaign with plans to run candidates in over 30 states. They call themselves young socialists and expect broadcast time to promote Marxism Leninism, praise Castro, and oppose U.S. policies. Vermont YSA state chairman is Dave Haldane of Plainfield and John R. Thompson of Bennington.
Jamaica friends in plumbing and heating argue open fires waste fuel yet the narrator cherishes a fire for reading. He praises history and fishing books, cites Morrison Furnas Churchill Catton and Haig Brown, and recommends two angling titles by Flick and Ritz as ideal for eastern fishermen. He closes with a snowy cloudy outlook and a wish for a good book.
Vermont Governor Davis faces early resistance in the legislature as his 109.1 million dollar proposed budget for fiscal 1971 raises questions over funding priorities. He shifts focus to education while maintaining existing programs and addressing inflation impacts, with lawmakers scrutinizing allocations to the state hospital system and environmental programs.
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