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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner prints daily except Sundays and holidays. It is produced by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece denounces the PATCO sick-out as an illegitimate power play by a minority of controllers led by F. Lee Bailey against FAA director John H. Shaffer. It argues for peaceful dispute resolution, better machinery for settlement, binding arbitration, and improved governmental responsiveness to avoid societal chaos.
Editor notes claim many Vermonters avoid removing snow tires before late April, contrasting with cautious local sentiment. The piece hints at broader social behavior around gambling, referencing a Banner story from Monday and observing motives behind frequent visits to track or bingo games.
A Pownal resident criticizes the town school bond process urging the school board to present multiple independent cost analyses, answer voters’ questions with truth, and consider the 1970 April 21 vote outcome. The letter questions centralization, the board’s repeated proposals, and electoral respect for the majority view.
In a Bennington letter Cheryl Cook thanks locals for backing Peter Graves and herself in junior national ski events at Jackson Hole Wyoming. She notes regional selections from winter meets, hopes for Bennington jumpers, a potential ski jump project by the Jaycees, and scholarships offered to seniors.
John C Kelley and other Pownal residents praise Bernard J Bisson for improving classrooms and cooperation between educators and parents while criticizing Lounsbury for false claims at public meetings and in print. They defend new school board members and urge focus on children’s education.
In a Bennington kitchen window scene Charlie wrestles with income tax forms while the author recalls a risky IRS encounter from their past. Skies, hawks and a blue jay drama illuminate a wider meditation on life in the country and the endless predator prey cycle, ending with the motto Live and Let Live.
Norton Simon, a billionaire reformer on a mission to reshape institutions, challenges Sen. Murphy in California's Republican primary. He frames capitalism as dynamic change and questions the UC system's performance while weighing whether to run for Senate or influence the race. California politics may profit whichever path he chooses.
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