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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Vermont's lone U.S. House voice, Rep. Robert T. Stafford, gains respect for urging curbs on the Indochina war and visions of all U.S. combat troops out by Christmas 1971. He urges listening across divides while Sen. Prouty supports the President, revealing a split in approach at home. The piece praises Stafford for conciliation and criticizes isolationist rhetoric as dangerous to national survival.
Vermonters at Oberlin College describe campus reactions to Kent State shootings and U S involvement in Southeast Asia. With admin and faculty support classes are suspended and facilities opened for constructive protest activities including dialogue with communities and letters to Congress. The students plan to continue actions during the summer while academic facilities remain available.
Readers debate Miss Cleghorn's philosophy amid Kent State killings and Cambodia bombings. Letters defend pacifism and condemn violence while urging peaceful, lawful protest and calls to action. Names include Frederic F Taylor Sam Lloyd Dorothy Douglas Madeleine Kingston Liza Burr.
A Woodstock scholar and traveler, George Perkins Marsh is hailed as a father of ecology for his 1863 work Man and Nature. The piece recalls his broad achievements, resistance to railroad scoundrels, friendships with Kossuth and Garibaldi, and his global scholarship in multiple languages. It notes Marsh’s foresight on conservation, reforestation, and fish stocking, and reflects on the enduring value of his writings a century later.
In South Carolina Governor McNair pushes for factory jobs to fight poverty while ecology debates slow a BASF port plant near Port Victoria. Hilton Head developers oppose more change, and Sen. Hollings wavers between conservationists and job-creating plans as reports warn of lingering poverty in Beaufort and Jasper counties.
The New York gubernatorial race tightens to a two way Democratic fight led by Arthur Goldberg and Howard Samuels as others drop out over fundraising. Analysts peg primary costs around 600000 and general election needs near 2 million, with Goldberg criticizing huge campaign spending while Samuels emphasizes self funding and donor support.
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