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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial lauds a new War on Poverty initiative in Vermont with a $217,000 federal grant and $50,000 state funding. Vermont Legal Aid Inc. will run offices statewide to provide full-time legal services, starting with a two-attorney Bennington County office, aiming to give equal access and protection under the law.
The Burlington Free Press predicts Ronald Reagan may be nominated on the first ballot at next year’s Republican National Convention, while not endorsing him. It argues the key question remains the GOP vice presidential pick and notes skepticism about Reagan’s governorship in California. The piece also surveys a Vermont Bankers Association talk predicting a checkless society using bank cards and instant computer recording of withdrawals, while worrying about credit card misuse.
Washington notes Kosygin’s readiness to meet President Johnson at Glassboro despite a split in the Communist bloc. The summit avoided a rift, but hard lines on Vietnam and the Arab-Israeli issue persist. Domestic concerns over the Vietnam War and Cold War tensions colored reactions abroad and at home.
A lengthy critique of future North American environments warns that by 2000 population and car growth will strain land and air. It notes Florida and Nevada population surges, water pressures on Everglades and Grand Canyon, and vast parking lot expansion. Meier proposes sea coast houseboats as a pleasant, if speculative, refuge from overcrowding.
In a rural district, hundreds line up to cast ballots as concerns over rising costs, BCHS closing, an ecumenical center, and classroom shortages trigger a surge in political engagement. Once sparse annual meetings now see 200 at a floor session and 2,000 voters at the school.
A columnist argues that the Supreme Court misapplies equal protection in labor matters, noting recent rulings on contraceptives, welfare residency, and union shop penalties. The piece contends that labor rights and union power create a caste-like system, with unequal treatment for nonmembers and dues payers in job markets.
A Letter To The Editor urges drivers to heed speed limits, warning that speeding on Lover's Lane endangers children and adults commuting to the YMCA pool and Molly Stark School. The writer notes heavy pedestrian and bicycle traffic in June through August and December through February, calling for safe speeds along Lover's Lane to County.
Leonard J Black of the Bennington Area YMCA appeals to drivers to keep to 35 mph near the Y pool area. He notes continued concern from YMCA committees, town officials, and local trustees and cites speeding, unsafe road use, and the need for a gravel sidewalk and bike path until improvements are built.
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