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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Nixon administration faces an inquiry into why welfare rolls grow despite falling unemployment and lower poverty. It notes about 90 percent of recipients are children, seniors, or disabled, with only a small share of working-age adults. Factors include broken families, urban migration, rising living costs, and policy flaws like earnings deductions and lack of child care. The piece urges reform as welfare lumbers behind prosperity.
Editor notes reflect local quarrels over open space, zoning, and public input at an 8 PM Bennington Elementary School hearing. Residents from townsfolk to villages are urged to attend and speak their piece on the interim zoning plan. Reports mention Derby Week in Kentucky, Gov. Deane Davis and wife Marjorie betting on Majestic Prince. Pulitzer winner John Fischetti is cited for cartoons. The piece also muses on the brief dandelion greens season and lawn contrasts with playful local lore.
Opinion discusses back roads in New Hampshire and Vermont becoming reemerging recreations and development corridors. It notes legal tools to close or reclassify roads, the potential for landowners to gain control, and warns of future road redevelopment into housing while promoting careful planning to grow recreation and tax bases.
Senate staff director Carl Marcy told a World Affairs Council gathering that Congress plans a vigorous challenge to Nixon era foreign and defense policy moves. He cited ABM worries, Pentagon influence, China policy, overseas bases, and the Tonkin Gulf precedent as indicators of a broader Congressional push. The shift follows Vietnam escalation failure and rising domestic needs, signaling tighter scrutiny of military commitments and readiness for multi theater contingencies.
Congressman argues to extend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to 1975 and consolidate titles under ESEA and NDEA as bloc grants. He urges large ESEA appropriations, critiques Nixon budget cuts, and supports tax reform and a constitutional amendment for presidential elections. He defends student rights while backing lawful campus order.
Carl Marcy notes college students lead in raising unthinkable questions about America's role and military forces. The belated concern among older generations makes students less impressed by appeals to established procedures and regular channels.
The column recalls warm weekend weather melting snow in Searsburg and a neighbor’s rototiller helping plant peas onions and carrots. It celebrates early spring birds and garden meals with dandelions and bacon. It ponders year round bird feeding and cites springtime yard sights and memories. It ponders Miss Anna Jarvis and Congress backing Mother’s Day as a meaningful tribute.
Letters to the editor express gratitude to Bennington College students who volunteer weekly at Beech Court renovation, noting broad community support and HOME, Inc. appreciation. Also thanked speakers from the Bennington Dog Training Club and Lions Club members for service to visually impaired residents and public education on pet responsibility.
Mrs Katharine C Nash of Old Bennington submits a detailed leash and licensing scheme for village dog control. The plan calls for universal leash and license requirements, impoundment and redemption with fines, a buyback sale for unclaimed dogs, and periodic spot checks to seize stray animals. She argues the approach would curb truly unwanted dogs while allowing non dangerous town wanderers to remain.
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