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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The editorial notes a bumper U.S. farm belt harvest drives corn prices down and spurs farmer anger toward the Nixon administration. It criticizes the replacement of Agriculture Secretary Hardin with Earl L. Butz, argues against liquidating the department, and warns that surplus production plus high consumer prices persist without better policy. It urges new, imaginative approaches to agricultural productivity and food aid globally.
Vermont Attorney General James M. Jeffords denounces a National Price Board hearing on Green Mountain Power rate hikes as closed to press and public urging openness. Randoph Major Jr. tours the state campaigning for Senate, while The Banner critiques the political scene and praises a Washington Post piece on endings of November.
The essay reflects on November as a month of endings in nature and humanity. It contrasts harsh seasonal fragility with human cruelty, noting birds returning after devastation while humans maim for causes that vary across eras. It laments the silent yet relentlessly cyclical natural world.
Harrison Loesch warns motorized wilderness lovers damage public lands as he cites millions of vehicles roaming Western BLM lands including over a million motorcycles 700000 pickups 600000 four wheel drive cars 80000 snowmobiles and 50000 dune buggies with no national damage estimate available.
Washington analysis notes steady underground mobilization shaping the next election. Legislatures expand voting for 18 to 21 year olds to vote on campus, while Congress debates mail registration and campaign spending reform. Labor leaders, the White House, and GOP fundraisers push plans to influence delegates and money before voters engage.
A Thanksgiving letter urges readers to support Save the Children Federation SCF to aid underprivileged children at home and abroad. It cites scholarships self help funds and programs in Appalachia American Indian communities and developing regions and provides contact in Norwalk Connecticut for sponsorships and donations.
In Bennington County, residents debate looming power shortages this winter as predictions from Montpelier warn of outages. The writer recalls past resource saving and notes scant government guidance, highlighting personal generators and vonhalted electric comforts during festive seasons and calling for practical conservation measures.
In a feature on the B 1 bomber, the piece argues for a fast, radar evading strike aircraft with no tail gunner, using exciter vanes for low level flight and electronic countermeasures. It discusses strategic roles against missiles, the aging B 52, and the need for conventional payloads to back diplomacy and deterrence.
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