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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece argues that mobile homes meet economic need as low-cost housing amid rising costs and zoning barriers. It notes mobile homes dominate sub $15,000 housing in 1968 and 1969 sales rise 45 percent, while conventional builders lag. It asserts zoning can be non exclusionary and stresses factory-built housing as essential to meet demand without harming communities.
Vermont tax commissioner Lawrence A. Wright backs off a stricter ruling on access to property transfer tax returns. An attorney general ruling allows possible access to the Tax Department for designed professionals and litigants, but advocates say public access should be plain. The records, filed with town clerks, remain public records and should be available to any citizen seeking property values. If law is ambiguous, it should be rewritten to ensure open access to the public. Wright argues the public owns the loaf of records, not a restricted slice.
The letter attacks Corrections Commissioner Lawrence Bershad for proposed prison spending totaling 8.2 million for 200 prisoners in Vermont, arguing rehabilitation and staff work beat new facilities. It cites costs per prisoner versus per pupil, laments youth incarceration, and urges funding for counselors, probation, and arts education to build a safer society.
Vermont Governor Deane C. Davis asserts he leads state government and the party, backing Russell Merriman as GOP chair amid tensions with Rich ar Snelling and Philip DeRonde. DeRonde may seek chair, while a liaison committee would monitor party actions. The dispute echoes past GOP feuds over party control and leadership.
A reader criticizes Greg Guma's Preventive Suppression piece in the Banner, arguing the New Left could trigger repression but not a successful revolution. The letter-writer contends tolerance of eccentricity and urges respect for liberty symbols in Vermont's civic spaces. Signed letters from Charles E. Capriola Jr and Alden R Bartlett.
A Boston Globe editorial examines the Angela Davis firing at UCLA as a potential political hoax to provoke Reagan and heighten confrontation with students. It questions authenticity of Davis as a Communist, critiques Reagan’s stance on the university, and argues the New Left seeks to test authority while youth grow skeptical of the Communist movement.
The Vermont press warns Governor Davis and the Environmental Control Commission clash over statewide controls on vacation home subdivisions. Developers tout one acre plots in hill country with inadequate planning risk to water, sewage, roads, and trash disposal. locals fear loss of environment and investments as January legislature looms.
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