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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corp located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues for reviving CCC concept amid ongoing youth unemployment and rising needs for recreation facilities. Cites Washington State Youth Development and Conservation Corps as successful model with 80 camps, six week cycles, wages and room, cost efficiency, and lasting human value benefits. Advocates federal revival or state led programs.
A columnist argues popular films of the era shape views on government and society. The piece analyzes Z Getting Straight and Easy Rider, contending cinema reflects a belief that the nation is corrupt, shaping a youth audience likely to lead in 20 years. The critic notes TV and newspapers face no such claim.
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Leo O'Brien Jr met with Addison County leaders and local residents at the Middlebury Inn. The lunch, held amid casual chatter and laughter, touched on environmental laws, economy balance, and campaign strategy as O'Brien prepared for sidewalk campaigning in hot 90 degree weather.
Highway Board confirms two Vermont roadway projects will start and finish around the same time. The three quarter beltline around Bennington and the southwest bypass from U S 7 to U S 4 west of Rutland are slated for completion not later than November 1978. The local sage recalls the Shaftsbury “come along” block and tackle as a joke while noting water bars built to prevent road washouts on Vermont hills.
This opinion piece argues for voting for a non-candidate, Charles Ross of Burlington, as governor. It praises his qualifications as former Public Service Commissioner and Federal Power Commissioner, notes his role on the International Joint Commission on Pollution, and highlights his criticisms of Mercury contamination action and government laxity.
The New Republic piece details a vast excavation on Pennsylvania Avenue, three stories deep and a full city block square. Work began in 1967, completion set for 1973, with the FBI to occupy the building and a projected cost rising from 60 million to over 100 million dollars.
E. M. Forster, English novelist and essayist, died at 91. A later quote praises aristocracy and distrusts great men, noting their sensitivity, consideration, endurance, and humor. A second remark counsels listening to a exhausted politician on a rain swept street corner, suggesting they do not lie.
A reader from Dorset criticizes Vermont government for consistency, likening it to a Chamber of Commerce or an old whore, in a letter to The Banner about the proposed Pownal paper plant. Signatures and addresses are required. 200 words or less preferred.
The Nation argues that expanding the interstate highway program to 75 billion dollars ignores rail and mass transit benefits. It notes the 320 billion highway need over 15 years versus less than 20 billion for nationwide passenger rail, urging diversion of funds to rail and buses to ease traffic and reduce highway dependence.
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