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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
President Nixon seeks 155 million dollars for rehabilitation research education enforcement and international drug traffic control. He creates a White House Special Action Office of Drug Abuse Prevention led by Dr Jerome H Jaffe to coordinate nine agencies and address the national emergency of narcotics and dangerous drugs.
The piece condemns bureaucratic indifference highlighted by lead paint poisoning in U.S. ghettos. It cites 400,000 young children affected yearly, with 3,200 brain injuries, 800 blind or severely retarded, and 200 deaths. It notes Kennedy Ryan and Nixon actions, funding gaps, and calls for social accountability alongside military spending.
Editors discuss whether to publish leaked Levin memoirs and related Vermont issues. The Banner weighs printing sensitive material amid court scrutiny of journalism and Governor Davis backed secrecy on a bar association report. Local housing voices remain hopeful yet wary.
John Chamberlain discusses pollution fights affecting boat owners and land and sea laws, noting EPA post 1975 rules on sewage and engine emissions. He questions holding-tank laws and costs, then shifts to the gypsy moth infestation, personal spraying, and the dilemma of preserving birds versus foliage as Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring looms.
Mrs. Clarence Peckham urges readers to support the Bennington leash law and tolerate dog pollution until owners and nonowners cooperate. She argues many dogs were licensed or unlicensed and that the law is unevenly enforced, causing resentment and quiet protest while urging action and cooperation rather than complaints.
Citizens voice concern over dog leash enforcement and a mini bike surge. Parents meet with kids at Willow Park area while residents vent about enforcement, access to meetings, and transportation to landfill and speedway sites.
Vermont businessmen, led by Champlain Security Systems head Randolph Brock II, invest in private detectives and electronic devices to curb employee theft and retail pilferage. The Small Business Administration notes annual losses exceed five billion dollars, with theft blamed for many business failures. Brock advocates pre employment checks and surveillance to deter crime and reassure honest staff.
The piece portrays Secretary William P. Rogers being lampooned at Colgate University for his Nixon era stance on Vietnam. It notes Rogers faced polite reception, while student orators, led by Rhodes scholar Tom O'Brien, denounced the war and questioned the career paths of the generation, contrasting activist sentiment with federal officials.
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