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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation from 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Vermont primary features six contenders led by Richard Mallary John Alden and Richard Thomas as the serious statewide hopes. Mallary’s technocratic background contrasts with Alden’s consumer minded liberal conservatism and Thomas’s non campaigning stance raising questions about his suitability as Vermont’s sole congressman.
In Vermont, Ben Day moves to a higher post as Fish and Game program coordinator, replacing the beleaguered state biologist amid deer herd control debates. Gov Davis faces heat as Day’s replacement is named, while royalty college founder Anthony Doria enters a busy political season with sharp rebuke of revenue sharing.
A letter to The Banner from Marie Bergquist praises Mt. Anthony board for publicly addressing the smoking issue. She notes the meeting showed candor missing in closed sessions and urges continued transparency as officials work to reconcile conflicting views in a difficult problem.
The Barre Altrusa Club thanks the newspaper, readers, and regional clubs for help in collecting 800,000 Betty Crocker coupons to fund a kidney dialysis machine for the Vermont Kidney Association at Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington. It invites further coupons to Mrs. Elaine Howland of Rutland for a resuscitator project.
Claire Duke endorses Dick Thomas for Congress highlighting his honesty intelligence and reliability. She notes his record as secretary of state turning the office profitable and his experience with Sen Prouty and Vermont Republican Party. Among 12 candidates she ranks Thomas Mallory and Alden as top Republicans with Thomas having unique ability and responsiveness.
A Vermont legislators consider a bill allowing abortion up to 20 weeks with consent forms and liability relief for facilities and doctors. Public opinion splits on morality, with advocates for personal conscience guiding each woman’s choice. Mrs Ruth Green of West Brattleboro voices the view that abortion should remain a private matter governed by individual conscience.
Arlington praises The Banner for printing a page 6 photograph titled Chiselville Under Repair. The letter lauds the image as a high quality Vermont landscape, praising the camera work and the bridge as a source of poetical nostalgia and civic pride funded by the state Emergency Board.
Isabel Meade Gwinn calls for stronger scare headlines in newspapers to spotlight the nation's drug problem. She cites a full page NYT ad from Oct 24 1971 urging a war on drugs and a Manhattan project solution, noting related coverage in the New York Times Nov 7 and Vermont press, and asks if publicity is adequate.
Educator Eugene Baker urges Vermont voters to back Richard C. Thomas as the lone Congressional candidate. Thomas highlights experience with Senate committees and Vermont offices, plans for seniors and education, and claims fiscal success as secretary of state. Vote next Tuesday November 16.
Bradford Street writes to The Banner clarifying his signature on the Nov 10 petition. He claims the letter criticized the school board for mocks over student smoking. He praises the school, teachers, parents, and opportunities provided.
A critical reader smashes liberal dogma and media bias, arguing that truth and objectivity are claimed by one side while dismissing opposing views. The piece reviews Edith Efron’s The Newstwisters and references reactions from Gerald Raftery and Dr. Alexander Berkis, noting bias on all sides and criticizing movie and book criticisms as biased.
Washington analysis notes Richard Helms of the CIA will wield budgetary and guiding influence over the Defense Intelligence Agency, the newest and largest intelligence body. The piece weighs his cautious style against a high stakes effort to bring order to a sprawling postwar system, with Kissinger involvement and potential political risk. He must prove capable over a lifetime in quiet, exacting maneuvering within the agency.
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