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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues states and Congress lack funds to enforce clean air laws and urges cutting costly programs like NASA. It calls for realistic, down‑to‑earth national action, acknowledges tight belts and competing needs, and critiques postwar economic shifts as hindering environmental progress.
The piece argues that defense linked policies have stressed the economy and eroded trust in government. It urges individual action via Green Up Day, energy conservation, and boycotting wasteful packaging, stressing utilities profit motives and environmental responsibility as paths to a cleaner, more joyful future for children and society.
A New Ball Game In the Ivy League argues Ivy League prestige is waning as price and competition rise. It notes many colleges upgrade rapidly, including state systems and private universities like UMass, while students increasingly choose schools independently, diversifying top-tier options beyond traditional elites.
Vermonters halted a New York promoter's plan for a six hundred acre rock festival in Orwell, later shelving hopes in Middlesex after no-show meetings. Petitions from five hundred forty five residents urged denial, citing Woodstock comparisons and local anxiety.
A Bennington resident, Mrs Frances P Crozier, pleads to save the Pratt homestead from demolition for a cement block structure. She warns that erasing historic buildings erases humanity and local history, urging preservation amid center changes highlighted by the paper.
Yesterday the ice melted on a small spring pond marking spring across northern waterways. Ice out frees rivers and brings blue water, migrating birds, and memories of perilous crossings and past river tragedies, underscoring nature's power and our fragile coexistence with it.
The Manchester Country Club board debated a daily greens fee that would favor a few members. The letter argues such a policy undermines tradition, urges preservation of historic architecture, and warns against letting modern trends erode the club's cultural role and sense of history.
A letter argues that political interests drive conservation policy, citing Hoff administration plans to export Quebec power to Vermont, Muskie’s inquiry into thermal pollution, and alleged political motives behind Vermont Yankee. The piece claims a crusade shaped by sour grapes and favors for contributors, ending with a critique of political manipulation over environmental aims.
The Brattleboro Reformer discusses a potential Democratic primary contest for lieutenant governor between Rep Kelton B. Miller of Shaftsbury and Rep John Burgess, highlighting Miller's environmental homework and Burgess’s legislative record. The piece notes the paper’s independence and poses who would best serve Vermont.
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