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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
A Vermont editorial notes the six week lead time before Town Meeting Day and argues the town report should clearly show budgeted versus spent amounts and provide itemized comparisons. It criticizes Bennington's report for lacking line by line detail and urges simpler, taxpayer friendly formats and even university accounting courses for officials handling large taxpayer funds.
NEW YORK The Black community remains divided over Nixon with militants pushing for voluntary apartheid and moderates backing Roy Wilkins. Wilkins signals risk to Nixon if extremists push separate black studies while moderates may aid a tentative cooperation as Matthew Clark list seeks sub cabinet roles.
Editor notes Vermont Tax Department offers help in Montpelier Burlington and Rutland to assist residents with state income tax returns this year. The column laments regional gaps and urges fuller tax form supplies from Montpelier. It also discusses blood shortages in hospitals and opposes tax exemptions for donors, praising altruism behind blood donation.
An old tale warns that gradual loss of freedom leads to catastrophe. The piece argues that creeping government power through taxation Medicare farm subsidies and education control mirrors a boiling water scenario. It urges learning from history to avoid repeat tragedies and avoid labeling caution as extremism.
The writer recalls dental anxiety and a family gathering over New Year. They critique Gov. Deane Davis for proposed a 4 percent blanket sales tax, arguing it would hit essentials like food and medicines and suggesting alternatives such as an amusement tax and tighter state spending. The piece ends urging Vermont to remember its people.
Johnson’s valedictory for Dean Rusk frames a shift as the United States roles over to the Nixon era. Rusk warns of rising inward focus and a drift toward isolationism while reflecting on Marshall Plan ties and Europe's surplus nations. He notes future policy risks under Rogers and Laird amid missile talks and nuclear armament pressures, while poised for retirement to wage a quiet battle against what he sees as distortions of Johnson era foreign policy.
Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association president Ray C. Murray questions the legality of the BCA board composition while noting the town counsel Norton Barber’s warning on the draft one man one vote petition. The letter highlights recurring concerns about legislative actions and potential lawsuits over equal representation at MAUHS and references Vermont Education Department proposals dated January 10, 1969. Kimberly Cheney of the attorney general’s office is cited as labeling the Mount Anthony Union High School Board a legislative body.
The article argues Europe failed to achieve real unity, with nationalism reviving old rivalries. It contrasts the hoped for single European voice after World War II with renewed fragmentation, while noting the secretary prioritizes ending isolationism and the missile talks in the upcoming administration.
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