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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201, serving as the local news source.
The piece argues generals are realists wary of morale and discipline decline in Vietnam. It cites Newsweek on a possible pullout with a minimal force, noting Sen John Stennis and Sen Jacob Javits pushing for congressional approval limits. It suggests Nixon could use this to extricate the U.S. with less recrimination.
A California tax office leak reveals Gov. Ronald Reagan paid no state income tax last year and claimed federal rebates for two years. Reagan calls it a privacy breach while critics say it highlights welfare for the wealthy and hypocrisy amid his anti welfare stance and favorable tax provisions for rich individuals.
Vermonters reliant on tourism gripe at the highway sign law in Windham County while conservationists praise it. In Brattleboro Col Fairfax Ayres challenged a young sign painter to a boxing match during a hearing, prompting a comic Traveling promo idea with local garden club ladies and sponsors handling gloves and promotion.
Editor notes Vermont cannot field a native jumping frog for the California contest and borrows Green Up II from California. The piece mocks permissive education and recalls older days when Vermont supposedly had schoolroom frogs that jumped over desks.
A reader ridicules Roy Marsden's Banner deer herd column asserting an average of 33 dead per square mile. The writer challenges the observers to prove such figures, condemns barnyard or posted-property samples, and blames open doe seasons and predators for past declines.
A reader thanks The Banner for publishing a letter urging an end to river pollution from dye. The writer defends Vermont natives against hippie labeling and remarks on locals welcoming visitors with money, then ends with a Bennington signature.
Anita Lester of Scotia New York thanks for the Bennington dog show photo moment featuring her daughter Amy and Chanda. The day was successful and the print is in Chanda’s photo album with plans to visit again.
A Columbus driven debate on school funding and educational purpose contrasts old values with a new lifestyle. Gov. Gilligan proposes income taxes and subsidized college loans repayment, while voters resist higher property taxes, reflecting a deeper generational clash echoing Ohio University’s inscription about religion morality and knowledge.
Middlebury College hosts a weekend environmental conference with Governor Deane Davis. Protests clash with a fractured Vermont Republican gathering as students debate Vietnam, environmental policy, and balance between economy and ecology amid a quiet campus Sunday turnout.
In a candid interview Dr. Edward Teller argues secrecy harms U S military progress and may leave the United States behind the Soviets by 1975 to 1980. He criticizes MIT and Stanford leaders and urges open collaboration with Western allies to maintain technological supremacy.
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