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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays. It is produced by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The Mt Anthony Union School Board is criticized for blocking a teacher candidate due to marital status with another district teacher. Editorial argues professional qualifications should govern hiring, urges boards to disclose reasons publicly, warns against personal prejudice driving decisions that chase away good teachers and harm the schools.
A Bennington YMCA drive urges community funding for a year round recreation facility begun in 1969. The writer cites need for outside grants, calls for shared sacrifice across town factions, and recalls Phillips Brooks to urge action now. D.M. Baker M.D. President YMCA Southwestern Vermont 304 South St.
The Vermont Supreme Court upheld Sunday bans on nonessential goods but critics deem the rules unfair. The interpretation prioritizes recreational value over religious meaning, allowing some purchases while denying common items like children's sneakers. The opinion urged legislative reform, yet lawmakers have only added confusion and favored leisure interests.
Hollis M. Dole urges using green stamps to reward households for salvaging metal and cans. He argues waste could fund cleanup, reduce dumps, and even yield crude oil from urban refuse, sewage sludge, and can materials, though currently not economical.
In a series of reader notes and opinions Arthur Taylor is praised for his gentleness and humor while critiquing obituaries. William Gilbert lauds theatre reviews, and a cartoonish take on politics compares Peanuts to real leaders. The piece laments pollution and political spin as a Vermont board permits a new mill to pollute.
A Bennington Garden Club visit details the Bartholomew's Cobble reserve along the Housatonic River in Sheffield. The piece describes rock garden growth with plants and mosses on exposed boulders, lists ferns and lichens found, notes geological dolomitic marble soils, and praises the diverse flora seen on a half-mile, two-hour walk guided by warden Howard Bains.
A Ruritania foreign minister muses on how oil geopolitics could derail Cold War tensions. He links Soviet moves to Middle East leverage and Western dependence, noting North Sea and Alaskan oil finds may upend Moscow’s plans. A domestic scene near at hand shows a wife tearing up a speeding ticket, as the officer lets the motorist go.
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