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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. It serves readers with local news and notices from Bennington and surrounding areas.
Editorial notes shock at Mt. Anthony Union High School being designated as an evacuation center for Vermont Yankee victims in case of a nuclear incident. Questions lack of public discussion and implies broader moral stakes over nuclear power and safety. Mentions a Minnesotan reactor leak near Minneapolis water intake and dismissive AEC responses.
Principal Charles W. Keir gave a detailed Monday night report to the Mt. Anthony Union School Board on basic educator problems, praising his no gimmick approach and urging community awareness. He emphasized the high school's middle role between generations and the need for informed citizens to support constructive remedies.
The piece argues Nixon may pressure J Edgar Hoover to retire this winter with honors or risk a Democratic successor. Hoover's friction with subordinates and agencies has raised concerns, and past plans to push him out were dropped after allegations of FBI taps on Congress. A careful approach is urged to avoid renewed political backlash.
Democratic leaders face a costly split as multiple candidates vie for funds in the runup to primaries. Left and right wings may drain millions, complicating a unified path to the convention. Muskie’s front‑runner status intensifies fundraisers’ pressure, while talks of coordination among McGovern Lindsay McCarthy and Chisholm look unlikely to materialize.
A reader writes a Thanksgiving meditation thanking the Lord for abundant blessings in a waning year. The note expresses gratitude for loved ones near and far, gifts of love, forgiveness of remissnesses, and the sharing of earthly treasures as gifts of love and inner peace for mind, soul, and heart.
Gerald Raftery notes that the AFL began with Samuel Gompers who urged More. He argues AFL CIO now funds studies and programs, represents all workers on the Pay Board though only about 20 percent are members, while leader George Meany has secured roughly a 30 percent raise.
In Middlebury a wrap up of last week's U S House vacancy primary shows Rep. Daniel Allen winning Goshen by one vote while Dennis Morrisseau edges Judge J. William O'Brien in Salisbury 10 to 6. Abbott gains three votes in Underhill, likely cast by his family. The piece critiques party splits and voter apathy, noting Democrats’ disarray, potential gains for Doris Lake, and future campaigns as Republicans seek leaders.
The piece weighs whether to keep small independent farms or shift to corporate agribusiness. It cites farm size trends, potential job losses in towns, and food costs, urging policy shifts to support small farmers through government purchases and co operative funding while warning of entrenched interests resisting change.
A reflective line questions rural America’s path between factory role and living space, framing Earl Butz’s broader policy debate. The remark emphasizes tension over agricultural development, rural livelihoods, and national economic direction in a period of policy scrutiny.
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