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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
A Vermont sales tax appears inevitable but lawmakers face a partisan fight over the governor’s 4 percent tax bill. The piece urges full discussion of need, alternatives, and what the tax covers, and notes pressure on Republicans to pass the bill amid public scrutiny and legislative turmoil.
General Motors announces a 5 million vehicle recall campaign and a new warranty focused on safety. Certified mail notices alone exceed 2 million, signaling a shift toward stronger safety commitments by GM and rivals, with potential pressures on suppliers and dealers amid the federal automotive safety act era.
Columnist Gerald Raftery muses on applying the Golden Rule to international affairs. Bennington viewers saw Mt. Anthony Union High School football broadcasts, hinting at wider telecasts of school events and meetings. In Montpelier, lawmakers shuffled staff after tax consultant Miller was fired, as Guiliani's committee pursues frugal reforms amid state poverty.
West Virginia Congressman Ken Hechler mounts a lone campaign against the United Mine Workers and coal interests over safety, health, and pension practices. Hechler argues collusion among government, business, and labor harms miners by inflating pension funds and stifling protections. His push seeks to move the Bureau of Mines into the Labor Department and to redefine union aims as protective of miners, a contest with far reaching implications for democracy.
A reader warns that a proposed nuclear reactor near Easton New York could endanger towns within forty miles. The note cites water heating, sodium cooling, and potential accidents like the Fermi plant incident, urging protests to Sen George D Aiken and calls to curb federal nuclear subsidies.
A Vermont congressman reviews the 91st Congress facing not bold new programs but review of old ones, while inflation poverty and Vietnam persist. He serves on Pueblo security, Canada Interparliamentary Group, and the Republican Policy Committee. He supports ABM research but questions deployment, endorses removing political appointments from the Post Office, and notes a Vermont tour in April.
William T. Gossett argues Nixon cannot differ from Johnson in war aims or power. The piece predicts no quick exit, predicts escalatory choices and political risk, and notes Laird’s Vietnam trip as turning point. It analyzes strategy, Russian leverage, and the Paris talks within a looming year end deadline.
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