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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located on Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
Federal Department of Transportation figures show the Metroliner’s six daily New York to Washington trips carried 983000 passengers and the Turbo Train’s single daily Boston to New York run carried 87500. Both operate near 65 percent occupancy, higher than airlines’ 1951-1970 load averages, prompting renewed faith in faster rail.
The Supreme Court rules Wisconsin and 15 other states cannot post names of alleged excessive drinkers in bars and liquor stores. Justice Douglas notes the state cannot attach a badge of infamy without a hearing, citing Mrs Norma Constantineau whose name is to be erased from Hartford bars and stores.
Editor notes welcome two new garden apartment projects to ease the housing shortage and offset Grand List gaps from highway construction yet acknowledge that many area residents earning low incomes still lack suitable housing. The piece questions Vermont Development Department claims about Bennington’s labor climate and cites long Senate tenures and Kennedy era reflections as context. The clipping anonymous source and Georgia senator Russell’s death are noted.
The piece reflects on Kennedy era optimism from 1961 to 1963, citing his shift on civil rights and disarmament. It highlights his openness to change, willingness to admit mistakes, and how his listening leadership inspired hope domestically and worldwide after his assassination.
Sparks From the Forge recalls a Saturday listening session at the University of Massachusetts on elective abortion titled The Psychology of Abortion with speakers Cindy Cisler Kay Lindsey and James Clapp. The writer critiques bias, defends impartiality, and argues responsibility and voluntary sterilization as possible solutions to unwanted pregnancies.
A reader argues that amending or repealing a near impossible law is vital when S-19 allows a town to adopt a housing code permitting an appointed official to inspect homes day or night to judge conformity. Proponents tie it to HUD funds. opponents claim it violates privacy despite possible voter approval. The letter stresses protecting the sanctity of private homes.
Frederick S. Malone of Chester blasts legislators for violating the Vermont Constitution and risking civil liberties. He cites a HUD general counsel letter dated August 5 1970 arguing the private home entry provision is unnecessary for HUD funds and promises copies of the law and letter to supporters. Malone urges citizens to contact lawmakers and the governor to defend the Bill of Rights.
A letter to Miss Hilda Hurley, Village of Bennington clerk, from Donald C. Hicks, former Bennington Village president and VI Motor Vehicle Dept. official, praises her retirement. He commends her guidance, fairness, and notable public service at 205 South St. Bennington, Vermont.
John Chamberlain reflects on Karl Hess and the shift from Madisonian Americanism to radical libertarianism. He notes Hess and Rothbard’s dismissive view of totalitarian powers, the enduring Randian influence, the campus libertarian strains, and a waning New Left momentum, concluding that no large libertarian army exists behind Hess’s movement.
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