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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner, issued daily except Sundays and holidays, is published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
A sharp critique of expanding presidential power amid Vietnam era tensions. The piece notes liberal shifts to empower the presidency, calls foreign policy unchecked, laments Congress's ineffective funding checks, and warns of drifting toward military dictatorship without decisive constitutional reform. It stresses the need for restrained wartime authority and stronger legislative action.
Walter Reuther died in a plane crash on Saturday ending more than 30 years of labor toward a better life for Americans. His latest proposal was universal health insurance with growing support, as he also collaborated with U.S. industrialists to apply space technology advances.
Voters in the Mt Anthony Union School District are urged to attend tonight to discuss next year’s budget which rises over 13 percent, largely due to higher teachers salaries amid inflation. The meeting emphasizes real questions, accountability, and avoiding hasty cuts without housing and education considerations.
The piece argues President Nixon is increasingly isolated by growing executive power and bureaucratic bias, with staff culture and security measures widening the gap from the public. It cites Hickel’s appeal for cabinet meetings and shows how public sentiment and university presidents’ warnings reveal gaps in presidential understanding of the home front.
Barbara Howes and Gregory Jay Smith edit The Sea-Green Horse from Macmillan. The collection mixes style and pace with diverse authors from D H Lawrence to Theodore Roosevelt and Hans Christian Andersen. It includes Branson and Steinbeck pieces, humor by Timothy Callender, Roosevelt’s Bauman’s Tale, and Mezzotint by M R James. The volume aims to entertain and illuminate varied life perspectives.
New York politicians move to center Cambodia and Vietnam policy in state and congressional races. Democratic chairman John J. Burns plans a statewide convocation to oppose Nixon’s Cambodian orders, while candidates on both sides debate troops, redeployment, and war goals amid campus tensions and policy divides.
In Pownal teachers address the editor of The Banner warning that education nationwide faces changes but here a space shortage threatens learning. The note calls for urgent action to provide room for students to learn and grow amid crisis conditions.
The educators at Pownal Elementary urge voters to approve a new school building in the May 19 election, arguing the fate of over 400 children rests with the community and urging support for the proposal. They frame education as both social equity and moral duty in line with a Saturday Review quotation.
The letter was also signed by Dorothy Pudvar, Jane Satullo, Linda Moxley, Richard Zampini, Richard J. Singleton, Virginia Bushee, Madalyn Green, Bernard J. Bisson, Gracemary Keith, William Jones, Janet Cronin, Mae Bostwick, Irma Shoff, Florence Harries, and Betsey B. Porter.
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