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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner, published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 424 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201, operates daily except Sundays and holidays. This notice outlines its publishing schedule and corporate address.
The debate over the new Route 7 beltline draws praise for restraint and calls for better public information from the Highway Department. Proponents urge alternatives like revived rail service and safe bike paths, while critics warn stopping now risks a costly dead end and traffic jams.
In a turbulent election year amid Nixon McGovern rhetoric Vermont gubernatorial candidate Thomas P Salmon proposes a 24 hour phone a thon from midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday. He will answer Vermonters questions or concerns via toll free 1 800 622 4149 with callers not required to reveal their identity.
A Vermont editorial laments the loss of high credit standing after Boston lenders seized the $4 million needed to cover industry losses. It condemns officials for large bond debt, cites Senate leaders and the state treasurer, and notes Vermont’s population and school funding contrasts.
Frances Benjamin from Bennington objects to Gerald Raftery calling Dr Spock an amiable idiot in The Banner Oct 2 column. She recalls hearing Dr Spock at Bennington College and praises his calm, moderate talk. She condemns Raftery’s invective and his cockroach analogy for campuses as anti intellectual and tasteless.
A Vermont Highways plan SAZASAG proposes curbing islands for Harringtons Store, Mattison Appliances, Shaftsbury Gulf Station, and the town clerk office. A map from April 1972 is at the town clerk's office for residents to review while debates continue.
The House invites interested adults to a Sunday 7 30 p m meeting at First Baptist Church to discuss securing a house for youths to talk and craft. A nucleus of 13 youths and funds from concerts and sales exist. more adults are sought as committee members or chaperones to advance the project.
The remark likens suppression of bad news to medieval practices. Kester Markel of the New York Times criticizes moral outrage used to push beliefs into action. The Supreme Court judge sentences five antiwar activists aged 2 to 25 to probation, highlighting renewed dissent.
Washington. George McGovern, the Democratic nominee, ponders four core questions about trust and the public’s view of Nixon, Eagleton, and war policy. He weighs why voters trust Nixon more, whether Eagleton’s withdrawal taints him, and if consistency versus correctness affects leadership perception.
Historian James McGregor Burns discusses poverty as a structured condition on NBC. Vermont health data show 97 of 100 cavities untreated among the poor, with two counties lacking dentists. Programs like Vermont Dental Care and Tooth Hollow Inc. expand rural clinics amid church and community support.
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