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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece critiques campaign financing as a corrupting force behind U S elections. It notes spending totals of millions for governorships and Senate seats and hundreds of millions in 1968 for presidential bids. It discusses proposed reforms such as federal financing and criticizes Nixon for blocking reforms. It argues reform hinges on party control of Congress and White House.
David James resigns from the St Albans Messenger accusing publisher William Loeb of news suppression and censorship. The dispute centers on a ban on advertising and coverage of the Frazier Ali fight, with critics calling the papers propaganda organs under Loeb's control.
Rutland voters defeated a fluoridation measure by about 3800 to 1500 after a last minute revival on the ballot. The November approval was overturned and a petition forced a March revote amid mounting anti fluoridation sentiment. The new selectboard faces calls for a town wide referendum to avoid further cost and controversy.
The Senate feud over direct hearings with Henry Kissinger exposes bipartisan frustration with Vietnam policy. Senator Symington calls Secretary Rogers a joke on the Washington cocktail circuit, while President Nixon calls the remark a cheap shot. Aging leaders like Symington and Fulbright feel powerless to influence national foreign policy despite long service.
A Banner letter writer clarifies coverage of the Bennington County Regional Planning Commission poll plan on routing an east west development highway. The piece pivots to critique of Nixon and Kissinger, cites executive privilege, and presents Sen. Eagleton’s proposal for a congressional declaration of war to restrain presidential power in Indochina.
Town meeting discussion on the east west highway prompts premature evaluation of a local survey. Bennington County Regional Planning Commission will state its stance after the March 18 meeting. Sandgate and Shaftsbury report a straw vote opposing the highway. Eleven other towns have two weeks to seek better informed public opinion.
Editor notes praise Cushman plant in North Bennington for potential continued operation under new management. The piece credits Bennington County Industrial Corp for sustaining the local economy. With Mt Anthony and Burr Burton out, Arlington bears the county’s basketball hopes to Rutland and toward Burlington finals.
Letters to The Banner question how authorities and wildlife professionals were not engaged after a wild nocturnal owl appeared during the day and later died. Readers urge humane intervention and condemn the surviving observers. Other letters thank local ski coverage and comment on advertising standards toward children.
In Searsburg Vermont a cold March morning hosts starlings and horned larks as spring hints arrive. A birthday visit to Walter Krach ends with a village power blackout lasting six hours, turning a simple supper by candlelight into an emergency yet nostalgic, old-fashioned evening.
A HIROSHIMA hospital reports 70 deaths in 1970 linked to the 1945 bomb effects and 49,578 treated last year for those effects, mostly cancer and leukemia. The column riffs on nuclear weapons, detergents, Congress quirks, and deer losses, ending with a wry phone line about rumors.
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