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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 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 notice lists the publisher and corporate address for the newspaper.
Editorial reflects on the Apollo 11 moon landing and how half a billion viewers witnessed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s steps on the lunar surface. It notes the shared experience crossing borders and ideologies, calling it a small step for man but a giant leap for mankind and asks if humanity will stay ahead after the hype fades.
The piece argues Pentagon missteps from padded contracts to failed programs and highlights a Wall Street Journal report that the Army deployed nerve gas weapons overseas. An Okinawa incident hospitalized 25 U.S. servicemen, stirring anti American sentiment in Japan and Asia, and could push public and congressional scrutiny toward Geneva Protocol adoption.
Russell Baker argues that the moon mission embodies man's urge to conquer the impossible while exposing the heavy costs to the home world. He praises ingenuity yet laments the neglect of possible improvements in public systems and daily life. The piece questions motive, energy, and the ethics of achievement in an era of grand ventures.
The piece weighs Nixon's options including deploying a South Vietnamese rural police to patrol villages and counter guerrillas. It argues a 50,000 strong Malaysian style constabulary shows how to strengthen the countryside and possibly enable larger troop withdrawals while linking to the moon mission. It mentions Clark Clifford and Paris talks as leverage points.
Ronald Rood, a Vermont naturalist, recounts adopting Piney the porcupine who visits schools and carnivals, endures quills and mishaps, learns to climb and nibble, and proves porcupines can be perceptive. The book argues against stereotyping wild animals as stupid and notes safe handling and humane parenting.
A Vermont village near Vernon sits within sight of a hydroelectric plant and the Vernon nuclear generator, illustrating industrial progress and its social costs. The Vermont Yankee plant will supply power by 1971 with 540,000 kilowatts, but cooling towers to prevent thermal pollution will add about 6.5 million dollars in costs, passed to consumers as the social price of environmental protection, while raising local tax revenues and prompting park and school plans.
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