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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays. It is produced by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a liberal welfare reform bill centered on a guaranteed annual wage the Family Assistance Plan. It would fund day care, shift costs to the federal government, and aims to reward work while reducing welfare incentives. Mills, once a roadblock, now supports the measure as a historic chance for Congress.
Editor notes report Mt Anthony students Peter Graves and Cheryl Cook named to the junior national cross country ski team. The piece praises their school and ski program and urges support for travel to national championships. Also mentions large turnout at a Burlington basketball game and defends yesterday solar eclipse photos amid reader feedback.
A Vermont reader argues for environmental protection as a moral obligation. He defines environment as air water land and all living and non living elements, urges regulation of pollution and flood plains, notes rising population and technology threaten nature, supports legislative measures including H 367, warns of costs, and calls individuals to act and support officials to enforce environmental rules.
In Searsburg the March Town Meeting was postponed to March 14 after key town officers fell ill with flu, leaving only one selectman to preside while 31 of 57 voters attended. The writer reflects on signs of spring, blue jays, and attempts to photograph the shy birds.
Randall C Murray reports on Steven Rice from Mount Anthony Union High School urging UNITY among students administration board and parents. He details the SRL and calls for a PTA to bridge gaps and aid mutual understanding and involvement for better education and community benefit. He emphasizes student voice and shared decision making.
A reader chastises parents who signed a March 6 1970 letter questioning teaching methods. The piece defends educators as modern and educated, urges not to challenge officials, and argues honesty and sex education are misunderstood. West Road notes letters are welcome, signatures and addresses required, and libel or taste issues will be considered.
A reader laments ongoing school funding delays in Pownal and urges voters to support a new classroom and quality teaching. The letter criticizes the silent majority and highlights 400 children needing an education, urging action for the community’s future citizens.
Washington notes Nixon shows lukewarm support for the ABM program amid Senate battles. He publicly backs a costly system while privately open to alternatives such as Poseidon submarine missiles. A submarine fleet of 41 boats, each with multiwarhead missiles, could threaten Soviet forces more directly and deter a first strike, challenging the claimed superiority of ABM and revealing political strategy tied to missile industry interests.
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