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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
A Vermont Pharmacy Board resists lifting its mail order drug ban despite legislative pressure. The board chief hints Gov. Davis will back him, while critics urge voters to confront future candidates. The piece also notes rising local TOPICS program costs, funding traffic improvements across Bennington.
A letter argues that radioactive fallout from nuclear reactors poses far greater risk than nerve gas. It cites Senator Gravel and President Nixon on destruction over storage, warns of plutonium-239 and aerosol lethality, recounts early reactor stations, and notes long lasting pollution across multiple towns.
Arlington accuses The Banner of hypocrisy in its July editorial. The writer lists Maddox Benson Hope Graham and mocks antiwar critics while praising McArthur Patton McCarthy and Dies. The letter condemns editorials and cartoons as aiding Communist enemies and urges support for democracy.
A fragmentary editorial urges caution about summer sun and tanning while warning of costly air water and ground cleanup. It cites quotes from Dorothy Scott and William Rockwell Jr. about environmental costs and risk of nuclear reactors, urging personal precautions and public evacuation plans, with a free booklet offered by donation.
Kennedy ally Sargent Shriver ends his run for Maryland governor leaving Gov. Mandel to seek the Democratic nomination. The piece notes Shriver’s national role from Peace Corps to JFK campaign, his Maryland ties, and the political landscape of Annapolis with Mandel’s incumbency and strong opposition.
A 1930s New York column surveys burgeoning research and development as a path to prosperity. It highlights fish farming, waste-to-soil grinding, Bell Telephone’s picture telephone, offshore oil surveillance, underwater photography for leak detection, and hull repainting via wet proof tech, portraying R and D as a driver of productivity and growth despite gloom.
Comic exchange between a brother and sister shows miscommunication about late arrival. Sister quips she told Mom she was busy setting the breakfast table to notice the time, while the brother believed he was warned not to share. American Legion Magazine.
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