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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorials question U S motives behind offshore oil exploration off Vietnam and criticize South Vietnamese leaders for seeking oil rights. The piece cites a Saigon announcement opening 160 000 square miles of coast for foreign ventures and questions whether oil profits drove the war, not ideology. It also notes Vermont Girls State focus on bicycle trails and concerns over day care program control as bureaucracy, praising Tom Davis and Dan Holland.
In Vermont a power struggle over day care centers tests Davis administration reorgan ization aims at efficiency. OEO chief Thomas C. Davis and Human Services Secretary William S. Cowles Jr. clash over control and direction of day care, with fears reorganization may shift from local to state or federal oversight and threaten the program’s growth and aims.
A conservationist notes odd clash between Audubon Society supporters and sport fishermen over bird protection. He recalls laws on fly tier feathers, wood duck cooperation, and the 1969 ban on grey jungle fowl imports abroad and in the United States, warning of black market skins and the risk to jungle cock eyes used in salmon flies.
Marcia S. Barber criticizes Bennington Board of Selectmen for missing a Tuesday meeting where Water Resources Commissioner Martin Johnson updated on Vermont water cleanup efforts. She urges local officials to engage on dumps, trash management, and watershed protection affecting springs, streams, ponds, and public swimming. Barber notes the agenda was short and calls for future adjournment to hear such information.
Washington editorial on the Pentagon papers argues the disclosures hurt both Johnson and Nixon, fueling distrust and a politics of paranoia. It notes Humphrey's stalled 1968 bid, his Vietnam stance, and Mitchells role in exposing secrets, ultimately linking both administrations to a covert cabal.
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