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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The Committee for Survival denounces Sen George Aiken for an ostrich like stance on Vermont Yankee nuclear safety. The piece notes calls for public hearings on the Vernon reactor license and criticizes rushing hearings before environmental reports are released. It cites Wall Street Journal analysis on radioactive waste disposal and quotes AEC officials doubting safeguards.
Jean Claude Duvalier, nicknamed Old Baskethead, is named heir to Papa Doc’s Haiti presidency. The law student at University of Haiti will take over after proper preparation and ratification, signaling a likely continuation of fear, terror, and repression under a new, younger despot.
The editor notes wild temperature swings in Vermont with hints of spring as crows call for warmer days and a Bennington girl is seen barefoot in the snow. A Jefferson Heights resident reports a striped snake in the yard and a first robin may be near. Also referenced are a new USDA publication on pollution and trees and local health board quotes about the state budget.
A Vermont reader attacks the proposed Route 7 as a wrecking of southern Vermont’s scenery. The letter argues the asphalt river will destroy green meadows and mountains, offering little travel gain while imposing high costs. It urges refurbishing the current road instead of building a vast concrete highway.
A letter from Helen Macfarlane of Bomoseen urges against merging Caverly Child Health Center with the Vermont Association for the Crippled. She argues the 50 year facility has provided costless, tender care to handicapped children and warns that merger or disbanding would raise costs, reduce care quality, and deprive future children of a needed center. She invokes Rachel Carson and appeals to legislators to reconsider.
Brandon Training School superintendent Raymond M. Mulcahy thanks a donor for gifts and $117.42 collected for the school's Christmas program. The letter from Mulcahy notes the generosity helped make residents’ Christmas happier and extends New Year wishes.
A compilation of quotes reflecting concerns over children’s needs, urban labor issues, security, and political philosophy from figures including Harvey Scribner Saul Alinsky Simone Weil and William Morse, highlighting tensions between youth priorities and adult problems in a changing society.
Gerald Raftery of Arlington critiques views about Sam Ogden and a Mt Anthony teacher. He questions the notion of inner versus other direction in adolescents, rejects the pursuit of a perfect world, and argues that no era has achieved perfection.
A reflective winter vignette from Searsburg details subzero temperatures on the mountain and a brilliant starry sky with a bright evening planet stirring awe. The author laments astronomy knowledge while recounting a cozy fire scene, wood supply worries, and a family birthday gathering featuring an outdoor grill inside the fireplace with a German police dog present.
Analysis weighs Byrd's election as Senate leader against Kennedy as a defeat for the Democrats. Byrd’s record and past Klan association raise questions for liberal voters, while Kennedy’s defeat affects perceptions of 1972 campaigns and potential presidential chances for Democrats.
Mutuel clerks at Green Mountain Park racetrack report ongoing negotiations since 1970 over Sunday pay. Members rejected management offers in meetings on Oct 25 and Nov 26. Union steward Paul Eagan and Leonard Trainham of the International Teamsters Union lead talks amid concerns of cross-picket line pressure and unfair labor practices.
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