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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
A critical editorial denounces Senator Dirksen for political meddling and AMA veto power over appointments. It argues the AMA leadership pushes socialized medicine fears, while doctors broadly oppose such views, and predicts a risky replacement in Dr. Roger Egeberg, who shares centrist medical views.
Vermont faces a potential loss of about $150,000 due to a drafting error in the 1969 tax package. Restaurants and motels were to remit five percent, but the law as written requires only four percent. The attorney general says the state cannot compel payment of the missing one percent, leaving_READERS to question reading and approval processes in Montpelier.
The Times article by David Lindman discusses a forthcoming September 22 stamp issued in Hanover New Hampshire to honor Daniel Webster and the Dartmouth College Case. It notes an image described as a three quarter length portrait of the celebrated attorney and dictionary creator. The piece compares Lindman line to Hawthorne's The Great Stone Face.
The Christian Science Monitor argues the Supreme Court should decide the constitutionality of state laws exempting church property from real estate taxes. It notes exemptions burden other taxpayers, affect city funding, and query whether church support by public funds clashes with church state separation while addressing categories of tax exemptions for buildings, business activities, and charitable education facilities.
John Chamberlain argues that anti loitering ordinances will curb youth gatherings but worsen job prospects for teens. He cites SDS activism, minimum wage effects, undercounts of minority teens, and apprenticeship barriers, warning of broader social and housing strain as youth age.
A writer recalls a scholarly poet who pursued a long verse on chestnut blight and notes that an epic on white pines could be composed. The piece details white pine history from colonial mast to ship masts, royal land grants, and the wood’s role in American growth and cities.
New York Governor Rockefeller indicates support for the winner of the Republican mayoral primary, though not naming John J. Marchi or joining campaigns. He aims to back the victor while staying noncommittal about active campaigning and avoiding alienating Lindsay or the conservative faction. Javits pledges help to Lindsay, who runs with Liberal and independent backing in a bid to blunt a Democratic fall.
James Reston argues Nixon repeatedly acts with avoidable missteps by appointing Annenberg ambassador to London and touring Romania before disarmament talks. The piece questions Nixon’s judgment, contrasts him with Johnson, and notes liberal and conservative doubts about his policy choices and leadership style.
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