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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
A Senate Finance Committee review uncovers widespread medical billing abuse in Medicaid. Doctors and dentists, not welfare recipients, drive much of the overrun as payments rise at 2.5 times other services. Federal actions include new doctor fee maximums and a IRS audit of 10,000 physicians with large Medicaid Medicare receipts. Authority figures like HEW Secretary Finch face pushback from the AMA.
A reflection on rising costs and inflation notes beef prices soar while chicken costs lag. The piece calls prosperity addictive and asks why leftovers vanish as households chase the best damned beef, hinting at broader economic trends and consumer tastes.
The article frames Robert C. Sprague's Senate testimony favoring Nixon's Safeguard anti ballistic missile system as part of a long held view tied to the military industrial complex. It weighs arguments about effectiveness and need, noting counterpoints that even with a heavy ABM Russia could still be deterred by second strike capability and that high spending may stall arms race deescalation. It cautions economic and political risks outweighing perceived military gains.
James Reston reports Nixon pushes for a negotiated settlement after announcing a 25,000 troop withdrawal. The piece analyzes opposing White House adviser's views, Rogers urged risk for peace, Kissinger likely to back de escalation, while generals push for continued pressure. The column weighs whether withdrawals signal strength or weakness and how Nixon may balance risk with peace aims.
The Nixon administration faces Senate and House scrutiny over foreign aid and the Peace Corps. Key figures John Hannah and Joseph Blatchford seek changes such as OPIC funding and a reverse Peace Corps plan to swap volunteers homeward for U.S. beneficiaries. Critics fear a hidden end to aid and question costs and motives.
Peace Corps director Blatchford’s status is less dubious than Hannah’s as the program remains one of Kennedy’s notable ideas. Blatchford began the privately financed Accion project, highlighting the era’s mixed support for bold aid initiatives.
A reviewer assails Noam Chomsky's American Power and the New Mandarins as detached from reality. He mocks the introduction’s claims about American tech and Asia, questions wartime judgments, and ridicules Chomsky’s reliance on Ibid and Op Cit. references while noting the author’s elite stance and MIT position.
Gov. Rockefeller faces national critique over his Latin American fact finding mission. Democrats debate impact on 1970 reelection while Republicans say the trip exposed United States discontent and could influence state campaigns. Rockefeller aides worry a Lindsay coalition would hamper his plans.
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