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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation, located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
An election year editorial argues lower taxes boost campaigns and notes past efforts to exempt heating fuel from Vermont sales tax were defeated. It urges any new proposal to cover all home heating fuel and references the 1970 legislature and opposition from the Davis administration.
The piece critiques income based exemptions for the sales tax and likens them to bureaucratic gimmicks that mostly benefit administrators. It also weighs President Nixon’s signature on lowering the voting age, noting his constitutional doubts may be overstated and that the amendment route is debated by scholars.
Editor reflects on campaign exposure and civic life in Shaftsbury Vermont. Mentions Shafts bury Hall windows and a new Shaftsbury Garden Club flower show. Comments on national politics including Voting Rights Act and President’s veto. Notes Burr & Burton hires Neal E. McLaughlin and legislature bottle bill battles with deer and porcupine issues.
A reader rebuts a June 16 letter, arguing land value taxation targets true market value. It explains land as a distinct factor, criticizes speculation inflating prices, and cites Henry George on capturing economic rent for public uses while preserving private property and free enterprise.
A reader letter criticizes a high school student’s photo project on pollution and neon signs, arguing that progress often brings utility lines and neon mountains along throughways. Other letters debate editorial influence, political endorsements, and tax policy discussions on land value taxation, with readers from Michigan and Connecticut sharing perspectives.
The column offers critique of two recent works Ethan Allen Frontier Rebel by C A Jellison and The Potters and Potteries of Bennington by John Spargo. Jellison’s biography is praised for ambition yet faulted for omissions and bias while Spargo’s reprint is lauded for vivid local history and its portrait of Bennington potteries and Elizabethtown connections.
Sen John Tower of Texas introduces S-3671 to strip the National Labor Relations Board of unfair labor practice jurisdiction and restore it to federal courts. Hearings set before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Co sponsors include Erwin Bennett Dole Goldwater Fannin and Thurmond. The subcommittee warns the NLRB has pursued union interests over individual rights. An obituary note follows about a hunter survived by his widow three children and one rabbit.
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