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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner reports on Vermont education reform moving from one room schools to union high schools and new minimum standards. Elementary space and per pupil spending requirements aim for local compromise by 1971, urging communities to design their own education plans within state guidelines.
The Vermont education plan, led by Dr. Harvey Scribner, shifts focus from teaching to learning and urges community involvement. The aim is a flexible system balancing district independence with shared goals, inviting parents and others to participate in shaping schools.
The piece argues that college campuses gain federal policing power through recent aid restrictions. It notes the limits of national influence over law enforcement, highlights economic discrimination against poorer students, and critiques bypassing campus disciplinary systems. It cites Javits and Morse’s unsuccessful bid to block the measures and stresses local control as the primary basis for maintaining order.
Rep. Thomas P. Salmon of Rockingham won the Vermont House Democratic nomination as minority leader after defeating Rep. James Shea of Winooski. The move places Salmon at the center of party strategy as Hoff and Daley leave public life, and signals his potential as a statewide candidate.
The nation faced a constitutional crisis as reform talk stalled amid fierce debate on the electoral college. Experts warn that ratifying a constitutional amendment by 1971 is unlikely, with Bayh pushing the Judiciary subcommittee and Ervin championing proportional representation. Wallace's bid and regional divides threaten progress as Nixon's stance remains pivotal.
Column excerpts urge South Vietnam to admit the NLF to the conference while resisting unreasonable proposals. Buckley Jr warns against alienating reasonable minds if the South Vietnamese refuse to hear proposals, noting youth broadly doubts the war yet remains loyal in service. Summerskill and Nixon quotes frame the era’s strategic tensions.
A Vermont reader reflects on a fourth hearing about a public airport for light planes near Bondville. The piece urges regional planning to protect open land, recreation, and economic growth, noting wartime defense needs and comparing regional planning with neighboring states Maine and New Hampshire. The author warns against leaving such decisions to chance and calls for timely state-wide regional planning to maximize benefits and minimize losses.
The text argues for regional planning to guide future air and highway networks, schools, and facilities. It cites Maine’s airport vote, regional planning in the Connecticut River watershed, and critiques Vermont’s lack of planning groups. It urges broad regional participation to secure federal aid and coherent development decisions.
The Windham Regional Planning and Development Commission emphasizes that questions answer themselves and urges strong staffing to ensure proper consideration of local recreational and business development in the Connecticut River Valley and other large area projects as work is only beginning.
Diane Beecher of Boston writes in defense of Sunderland librarians and teachers, challenging Satterthwaite’s views on one room schools and junior high. She cites staffing, isolation, and college prep gaps, endorses George Sleeman for superintendent, and calls for community support against unfounded criticisms. signed by Diane Beecher.
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