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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Nixon administration asks Congress for a quarter‑billion dollar loan guarantee for Lockheed Aircraft amid looming bankruptcy. Critics blame cost overruns and mismanagement at Lockheed and the Pentagon. Supporters cite jobs and the Defense Department’s need for a key contractor. Economists warn of creeping socialism in subsidies to big business.
The editorial voices not completely satisfied with the new international pact banning nuclear weapons from the ocean floor and recalls earlier treaties for Antarctica and outer space. It questions enforcement and urges better control of weapons where they currently exist or may soon be located, despite signatories' sincerity.
The piece surveys a midcentury trend from Tidewater to the Blue Ridge where middle class professionals buy abandoned farms for country living. It notes family cohesion, gender strains, Vietnam war critiques, and call for environmental planning as the nation confronts urban crowding and the allure of rural comfort and privacy.
Readers in Manchester Center Arlington and Shaftsbury critique national defense policy ROTC programs and military spending while debating public school salaries and administrative decisions. Letters reference Joseph Alsop on Soviet missiles and local BSD board meetings, urging attention to teacher pay and district comparisons.
A columnist contrasts anti government street protesters with fascism fears, arguing that both ends of the political spectrum flirt with totalitarianism. He cites Stalinist phases in Marxist states, mass camps in Nazi and Soviet histories, and notes campus militants echo mainstream fears through rhetoric and actions.
The review lauds Martin Gershen’s Destroy or Die: The True Story of My Lai as superb war reporting on the Vietnam tragedy. It argues Nixon must read it for Calley case review, notes Gershen does not condone the massacre, and condemns broader military and national failures.
Gershen portrays Charlie Company as a zombie unit driven to slaughter My Lai 4 under distorted orders and faulty intelligence. He argues higher brass courted a brutal wipeout of pinkville, while Calley’s leadership was overruled by a culture of indifference and a flawed counter guerrilla policy.
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