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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily excluding Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Editorial views President Nixon’s call for a new American Revolution frames his State of the Union as reform driven and electorally potent. It notes many major ideas originated with Democrats yet credits Nixon with pre-empting their program, while warning of partisan resistance and praising the message’s tone and political acumen.
Editor notes a bovine star named Walloomsac King Daryl in the Hall Farm herd reported to have produced 17,140 pounds of milk in 354 days. The piece shifts to Vermont politics noting Republicans in the U.S. Senate require ranking minority members to limit to one committee, affecting Sen. George D. Aiken on Agriculture and Foreign Relations. Also mentions ex-Rep. Richard Roudebush named VA consultant earning $121.28 daily, compares to former pay, and highlights winter safety booklets and a Peru high school incident warning.
The writer argues that state Motor Vehicle Departments and insurers cannot label drivers as reckless without a hearing. Citing the Supreme Court on due process, the letter urges class action against MVD and insurers for distributing raw accident records and suspending or denying coverage without fault determinations.
Vermont Windham County has the most restaurants with 208, Bennington 142 and Chittenden 134. The biennial state welfare report covers fiscal years 1969 and 1970, revealing 40 percent of welfare funds go to medical services, 42 percent to medical care for the aged in nursing homes and mental institutions, and rising Medicaid costs as medical science extends lifespans.
In a letter to The Banner Mrs. Barton Breithaupt urges Bennington residents to reject forced fluoridation of the public water supply. She cites New York Times excerpts and arguments by Dr. Hugh M. Sinclair and Dr. A Laubengayer, advocating voluntary fluoride treatment via a dental clinic to improve dental health and education.
A reader letter from Mt Anthony area students decries loss of a gym after YMCA rebuilding. They note insistence on maintaining a basketball venue, lament the empty gym plan and rely on the Holy Cross Novitiate barn, asking for a suitable court. Names signed include LaCroix, Wry, Danish, Prouty, Otero, and others.
New Republican freshmen Weicker Taft Beall Brock Roth, all former House members, vote liberal on budgets and FAP while split on SST. Weicker vows independence, Roth opposes FAP, Taft and Beall split on SST, signaling unpredictable Senate stands and potential shifts under Nixon.
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