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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner discusses urgency for quick testing of mercury in Vermont fish. It criticizes slow testing capacity with two testers and urges immediate funding to locate unsafe fishing areas to protect tourism, recreation, and local anglers.
Vermont officials pressed for rapid action to protect water bodies from mercury and other contaminants. Calls emerged to reallocate state employees, borrowing workers from Health, Motor Vehicles, and other departments, to support urgent environmental health needs amid a looming crisis. Dr. Harvey Scribner announced he would leave as Vermont education commissioner to become chancellor of New York City schools, a move described as not unexpected yet marked by mixed reactions from conservatives.
The editor cautions that interim selectman candidate Salvatore Santarcangelo seeks to protect Old Bennington’s rights at the expense of unified town governance. The piece highlights Vermont education leader Dr. Scribner’s legacy and calls for continued adoption of the Vermont Design for Education, while praising the Bennington Planning Commission for strong environmental standards and long term county welfare. It ends by joking about seat belt use and proposing a stewardess for automobiles.
With seven weeks to the Sept. 8 primary, four candidates debate the $7 million 1969 deficit, $10.2 million 1970 surplus, and the sales tax. Gov. Deane C. Davis touts fiscal restraint while rivals blame overtaxation and call for tax exemptions. campaign rhetoric quickens as voters seek clear programs for economy and housing.
A commentary argues for profit from metal and chemical recovery from junked autos. It cites a smokeless incinerator and planned methods to recover aluminum copper lead and zinc, urging private industry to profit while removing junk and reducing waste. The piece critiques open landfills and advocates faster development of recovery processes and waste reduction.
AFL-CIO COPE director Al Barkan projects success for pro labor candidates in 1970 while unions split between antiwar and bread and butter issues. Firefighters and Patrolmen’s unions in New York endorse conservative Buckley over Ottinger, signaling complex voter loyalties.
Washington humorist Dick West notes 220 million sunglasses in 1970 and 50 million Americans growing home gardens as inflation themes. He jokes that sunglasses conceal buyers' identities, implying gardeners may hide purchases to dodge rising prices, while tomatoes wilt under humiliation.
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