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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 426 Mill Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
An executive order by President Nixon overhauls federal classification rules placing the burden of declassification on officials. Confidential material will auto declassify after six to ten years unless national security concerns apply. Top secret access will shrink from 38 to 12 agencies. Overclassification may lead to reprimands. The move aims to curb misuse of secrets and open historical documents, though full implementation faces bureaucratic hurdles.
Editor notes labor in Vermont backs a minimum wage increase but the House defeated it by one vote. Bennington figures, including Rep George Van Santvoord, opposed the bill. The piece highlights chaos in local education with overcrowding and leadership disputes at Mt Anthony union schools, St Joseph College, Bennington College, and parochiaid questions, urging approval of Molly Stark School addition while warning of polarization. It also mentions snowmobile bill debates and a state push to attract out of state riders.
A reader disputes The Banner editorial on mobilehome hazards, criticizing CBS style reporting and questioning coverage of a Richmond license fee proposal. The writer condemns one sided media and accuses local editors of past inaction on licensing efforts.
A Vermont letter argues over environmental policy and its cost, warning of rising taxes and unemployment if no new business is allowed. It urges compromise between ecologists and environmentalists while defending safe mobile homes as a housing solution and calling for proper zoning standards.
An opinion reminiscence surveys Jimmie Breslin turning to a local column in 1983 at the Herald Tribune under publisher Jack Whitney after his Mets book. It contrasts Breslin’s bright focal voice with the heavy editorial tone and summarizes Walter Lippmann’s influence and media dynamics.
North Bennington youths benefited from basketball clinics run by Coach Fredrickson and Mt Anthony players with help from PE teacher Robert Reen and Jonny Davis. A February vacation tournament at Jr. Wigh gym featured North Bennington and Bennington teams with results showing North Bennington 66 Bennington O, North Bennington 32 Bennington 16, trophies awarded to the winners.
The Masons express no ill will toward those who opposed the tax exemption at the Town Meeting. They will continue to allow use of their parking area and lights as a gesture of civic cooperation, as in the past, according to LEON W. ELDRED from Bennington.
A dubious set of quotes shows a lawmaker advocating old fashioned gender roles while discussing tax policy. The text cites Rep Dave Sroth and David Brinkley commenting on potential tax reforms. The remarks imply discrimination based on gender and critique a proposed value added tax versus income tax adjustments.
The ACLU sued Secretary of State William P. Rogers over the passport oath, arguing it is unconstitutional and should be removed. Frances Knight opposed removing the oath, with White House intervention cited as supporting its retention.
The piece outlines Flanigan’s alleged ties to deals between business and government, including a Liberian tanker permit valued at six million dollars and Dillon Read & Co. chosen to issue two hundred fifty million in postal bonds. Critics say the White House aide influenced agencies and financing for Armco Steel, ITT, and others.
In Searsburg and nearby Vermont towns, voters packed schools and town halls for annual meetings. The sessions featured lively contests, a mix of questions about how money was spent, and a push to keep government democratic. New moderator Helen Putnam led proceedings.
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