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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays. It is published by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
Earth Day and its hoopla are seen as a distraction amid wars and civil unrest. Senator Proxmire proposes a one cent per pound federal levy on most manufactured items that become waste to address mounting solid waste, a plan debated as to its feasibility and cost.
Education notes report a proposed kindergarten book Shake Hands With Shakespeare by Albert Cullum of Boston University. The eight Shakespeare adaptations including Julius Caesar The Taming of the Shrew Hamlet and A Comedy of Errors are pitched as solid box office for young readers with Macbeth described as appealing to children through mystery intrigue gore and excitement.
Burlington Free Press readers are urged to support WFCR FM Amherst Massachusetts after a modest grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The note critiques mass media noise and wasteful pollution while praising the station’s noncommercial content including classical music jazz and lectures.
A secret Reagan staff memo outlines a plan to pressure Nixon over welfare reform. It lists actions like contacting friendly U.S. senators such as Murphy and Goldwater, mobilizing state groups, and briefing private sector organizations to pressure lawmakers. The aim is to push Nixon's president bid aside at the 1972 convention.
Readers dissect Lenin's centennial, the aims of communism, and the Comintern plan. Floyd Holliday urges caution on Cambodia and Vietnam coverage while Clifford B Harwood, M D and others discuss push for peace with capitalists, fomenting class war, and imperial aims. The letters debate international strategy and American reporting on foreign campaigns.
Fort Riley soldier Staff Sgt. Thomas G. Burke writes to The Banner arguing anger over Kent State deaths and criticizing student behavior in the wake of national draft policy changes announced by President Nixon. He contends defense demands shared by all society and questions enemy recognition abroad.
A May day visit to friends in Eagleville New York turns into a summer vista with blooming lilacs apple trees and trilliums. The writers note peaceful woods birds and a Red Cloud Indian School prayer about walking in beauty and lessons from nature.
The author promotes organized conservative clubs to counter liberal policies, citing Sen George Aiken and Sen Prouty influence and endorsing Judge Carswell. As founder of the Middle Richmond Conservative Club, he invites members to a meeting at the Staaten Restaurant in West Brighton Staten Island on Sunday May 17 1970 at 8 p.m. to establish more clubs statewide.
A short letter from Arlington laments the rise of anti-establishment youth culture. The writer mocks tight pants, long hair, and “ultra learning” while calling for tearing down old norms and letting a new breed build its own hell. The piece contrasts aging sleepers with a restless younger generation and ends with a bleak flourish.
Lawrence E Harrington of Woodford warns The Banner readers about the Mt Anthony School Board election June 18. He questions the fairness of a process where the Mount Anthony Board of Civil Authority handles ballots and urges towns to count their own votes to prevent a Cook County like election.
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