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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Vermont Highway Department heard there are no beltline funds available now. Vermont Highway Commissioner John Gray outlined a plan shifting 2.8 million to a systems interchange near Harwood Hill, with 0.25 million for an interceptor, and 1.25 million to begin acquiring right of way for a nine mile belt line. The project may cost at least 25 million, and Bennington presses that funds should stay for local needs.
In the Lloyd Bucher case the writer urges compassion over censure, arguing his decisions were shaped by impossible conditions aboard a top heavy spy ship. He notes the court of inquiry ignores moral factors, suggesting Bucher prioritized crew survival over an unjust confession and questions the empire’s punitive stance amid Cold War pressures.
A clipping recalls Fred Sargent on intimate nature on Lake Champlain and warns of a planned atomic plant on the lake shore. L. Douglas Meredith says Yankee Nuclear has no plans, and Vermont bills seek control of atomic and thermal pollution to protect the lake. The piece cites health harms near the Hudson and urges public action.
Rutland Herald notes a Bennington spokesman overstates traffic for Bennington while urging diverting 1968 Route 7 modernization funds to a beltline. It argues there is no basis for shifting priorities and warns that reopening the 1968 highway bill could trigger wide excess scrutiny and conflict among Rutland, Bennington, and other areas.
Political cartoonist Herblock critiques gun violence as a national sport from childhood to adulthood. He contrasts real gun use with bullfighting, arguing gunplay maims and kills at rates far higher than other nations, amid a broader critique of American culture.
Letters to The Banner criticize the Jan. 27 movie editorial arguing parents decide children’s viewings while blaming theater managers for matinee showings. A second letter mocks Gov. Davis and fiscal policy, noting the deficit and a proposed sales tax borne by all, including tourists and locals.
A 1968 editorial notes Nixon withdrew Cecil Poole from a federal judgeship and named James E. Johnson to the Civil Service Commission, highlighting black community signals and party links. It contrasts Poole’s credentials with Johnson’s ties to Reagan, Birch Society allies, and California politics amid broader civil rights tension.
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