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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
A Senate Finance Committee move to attach a regressive foreign trade bill to an up another measure would boost protectionist aims. The proposal would impose import quotas on textiles shoes and other goods and freeze oil quotas in New England while raising prices for consumers and risking a trade war.
Town of Bennington and the Lions Club propose converting the Ben Mont Bubble into a durable skating rink. A modest admission is seen as fair to offset tax costs and winter boredom, with a 10 cent fee suggested as a model for affordable municipal recreation.
In a weekly editorial note the Bennington town council is urged to consider buying the Bijur property on South Street for renovated town offices. The piece argues the current building is overflowing and suggests state acquisition could consolidate offices and reduce rental costs, with possible space for town use as well.
A reader from Pownal voices opposition to Governor Hoff and support for Senator Prouty, criticizing gun control and Black Panther rhetoric, referencing New York conditions and Cesar Chavez grape contracts. The writer aligns with Prouty as the lesser evil, notes Hoff’s past gun control stance, and cites Hoff’s later reversal on gun control.
On the 25th anniversary of the United Nations in New York the United States, the Soviet Union, China and Britain tested nuclear weapons. The event underscored a paradox in which the great powers celebrate peace while dramatizing devastating power. Major powers faced missed private talks on world order as hunger, illiteracy, and overpopulation challenge mankind.
A reflective essay argues beavers, not engineers, keep streams flowing and wetlands healthy. It recalls beaver trapping once powered early American fortunes, notes declines as hats faded, and praises beaver ponds for ducks, rivers, and springs. The author urges tolerance and more beaver activity to sustain water sources.
In New York and beyond, Spiro Agnew shapes a polarized race as Democrats mimic his tones. The piece argues his popularity rewrites party lines, with governors and senators from California to Maryland echoing his themes while Nixon’s Vietnam stance underpins the shift.
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