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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1970
Page
4
A brief listing shows the Bennington Banner newspaper masthead, dated Tuesday June 30 1970, published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece argues that labeling ordinary Americans as persons of interest enables vast dossiers stored in computer banks. It cites incidents from interracial fights to peace rallies and notes Sen. Sam Ervin Jr. as a rare opponent to such surveillance.
Senator Ervin warned that computerization of government records threatens privacy and First Amendment rights. Critics label data banks an invasion of liberty, while citizens often remain indifferent, risking a future eerily like 1984 as individual freedoms erode for all.
The Nixon administration’s push in the South appears to influence a $2.1 billion Litton destroyer award in Mississippi over Bath Iron Works. The piece suggests political factors in defense spending and notes disputes involving Massachusetts and Maine lawmakers, including Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, amid regional backings and criticisms of civil rights policy.
Editors note voters in the Bennington School District may vote this afternoon starting at 2 and attend the 8 pm floor meeting on a big budget and the Bennington Design for Education. A past column by Dick West touched on an economy turning corner with a Fortune magazine consultant predicting acceleration and inflation easing. North Shire saw the weekend action as Banner reporter Kathe Dillmann covered Mt Equinox Hillclimb and Mt Bromley Turf skiing.
The federal Whale Research Program run by two biologists costing up to 65000 dollars annually risks being cut, threatening data for protective whaling quotas and leaving American input to an international body to rely on Japan and the Soviet Union. Ecological, cultural, and aesthetic stakes are cited, including the whale’s song used in classical music, with a call to preserve funding or seek alternatives.
A reader letter thanks kind neighbors who offered help during a roadside moment misread as a mechanical breakdown while birdwatching, noting appreciation for community courtesy and assistance.
Letters discuss the peace symbol as a symbol of the devil and communism, clergy wearing broken crosses, and warnings about foreign aid and inflation. A Bennington reader describes birdwatching routes at dawn with 25 miles of stops, and a Glendale correspondent condemns deficit spending and foreign aid.
In Bonn and across Europe the specter of Wilson's British defeat is blamed on the Social Democrats. Ostpolitik falters as inflation pressures grow and Bundesbank demands tax hikes and tighter policy while Brandt struggles with economic discipline and Schiller's conservative signals. The piece argues conservatives gain despite liberal hopes as voters shift toward stability.
The piece narrates a backyard encounter with a red fox and a woodchuck as Charlie and Red debate dinner at a breadline, then notes peaceful fox and raccoon cohabitation. It shifts to swallows and nesting birds, then culminates in a July Fourth tribute urging citizen responsibility and patriotism.
A Vermont citizen group Save New England opens an office in Bennington to inform residents about the Vernon reactor near Brattleboro. The document argues the project poses regional and health risks, urging serious discussion to halt construction and urging public scrutiny of nuclear power’s costs and hazards.
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