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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Sen George D. Aiken described as an owl in stance on Vietnam told the Senate the United States has achieved its aims in South Vietnam and urged immediate troop withdrawal. He said South Vietnam is unlikely to be overrun from the outside and noted Soviet willingness to help end the war. He added the South Vietnamese are ready to form a stable government and argued the United States should declare the war won and leave.
The Montpelier Memo notes Central Catholic High School and a parochial elementary school in St. Albans will close in June, shifting costs to public schools. The Miller formula counting date could worsen funding gaps, as Bennington showed when transfers occurred without immediate state aid in the new year. Taxpayers bear the load as private education ends and public aid adjustments follow.
Vermont Bishop Joyce announced the closure of St. Marys grade school and Central Catholic High in St. Albans due to financial strain, with about 700 students displaced. Many will move to Bellows Free Academy or public schools as state aid reforms could shift funds to public systems.
Vermont aspirant Eugene C. Winslow, now of Putney, uses a sharp interview to challenge House minority leader Thomas Salmon of Rockingham over abortion law religion issues. He withdraws support from Salmon, endorses Daniel O Brien, and hints at a run for governor or other office.
Washington planners at the Post Office weigh how to make mail slower and more costly after a new 7 cent rate. The piece notes reforms from snail mail failing to meet hopes to radical ideas like sewer deliveries and guard dog packs to curb mail flow.
Voters in St Albans rejected a 157500 special school tax to fund a new elementary school and other bonds amid Catholic school closings. The public school board weighs reintroducing the bond measure, while church leaders advocate continued support for Catholic education and caution students to face changes with resolve. An eye on pollution and pesticide use frames a broader call for environmental action.
A Jamaica editorial cites 13-19 p.p.m. DDT in Lake Michigan coho salmon and warns of lasting environmental damage. It cites past misuses, calls for tighter controls, notes lingering persistence in soil and water, and cites Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.
An urban affairs memo by Daniel Moynihan prompted President Nixon to halt追加 funding for hunger relief. Moynihan notes evidence of malnutrition causing retardation in severe cases, but doubts widespread incidence in the United States. Pediatricians warn malnutrition in pregnancy and early life harms cognitive development and growth, with millions of American families living under food insufficiency.
The Moynihan memorandum from the administration's liberal wing slows bipartisan pushes for a hungry nation bill. It challenging medical testimony, including McGovern chaired hearings, on child nutrition. A leading expert notes Moynihan may be correct while acknowledging the evidence gap.
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