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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201, serving the local community with daily news and notices.
The piece notes President Nixon reshuffles his White House staff moving George P. Shultz to head a new Office of Management and Budget and Robert Finch to a counselor role. It argues this centralizes power in the White House, downgrades the Cabinet, and mirrors wartime-to-peacetime shifts while addressing credibility gaps and political strategy ahead of Cambodia policy and Vietnam.
President Nixon reshuffles by placing Shultz and Finch in key future planning roles near the White House. He aims to placate critics by balancing foreign policy focus with homefront concerns and expanding cabinet influence to address labor health education and welfare grievances. Critics remain wary but see effort toward liberal advice and centrist reconciliation as hopeful.
The piece critiques graduates and leaders for ignoring Soviet influence in the Middle East. It notes Elliot Richardson warns students that Cold War realities persist, as Al Fatah gains Moscow support and Arab oil politics shift toward the Kremlin. The essay questions the risk of Soviet control over Middle East oil and Western security.
Carl Joachim of Bennington criticizes a previous Banner article claiming Wasco’s photography project is a success. He argues it wasted class time and offered no educational value. He suggests research on curbing visual pollution would have made the effort partially successful.
A columnist recants support for two weeks off with pay for college students and argues for broader breaks for workers. He mocks student publications like Vermont Railroad, cites Che Guevara and groups such as the Black Panthers and Weathermen, and notes provocative language, marijuana and tobacco use, and a call for varied public opinions from trades and unions.
Arthur S. Faris MD of Shaftsbury writes urging Mount Anthony Union School District voters to elect Mary Lou Cross and James Shea, and Norman Stratton and Stephen Gilman, arguing that keeping current policies lowers dropout risk and preserves student incentives amid tax concerns.
Former New York education commissioner James E. Allen Jr recalls greater freedom to speak in Albany than in Washington. Appointed in 1955, he served under Govs Rockefeller and Harriman amid calls to strip the Regents of power. Rockefeller defended Allen as outstanding though not close, while noting efforts to put education under elected control.
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