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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The AEC and utility critics met in Brattleboro and Bennington as hearings were held locally, prompting hopes for broader public involvement. The discussions revealed uneasy responses on safety, evacuation plans, insurance, and regulatory gaps, with calls for more cautious, transparent oversight before expanding nuclear power.
Senate hearings on corruption in servicemen's clubs reach Vietnam where billions in service funds flow. Reports describe payoffs to officers, free perks, and underworlds financing trips abroad. Mafia whispers, Swiss accounts, and slot machine profits signal a war era graft outbreak. The piece calls for full investigation and accountability to restore honesty as soldiers face danger.
Lawrence E Harrington of Woodford denounces Miriam Woodward and others for aligning with Vietnam pullout advocates, accusing them of Communist manipulation since 1948 and of aiding the enemy. He argues antiwar violence and shifts echo Lenin and criticizes late entrants who supported Nixon opposition.
An appeal urges readers who oppose the war to support peaceful demonstrations like the Oct 15 Moratorium. It notes student efforts at St John’s College and asks for small donations to fund a Washington march, urging checks to Pax 29, St John’s College, Annapolis, or Mrs Longin Ambros, Windsor.
William W. Steel of Williamstown Mass argues that banner headlines misrepresented a Sugarbush conference. He says the dissidents aimed to spur results, not disrupt, noting Haberman walked out of a side discussion and that the large group meeting remained orderly.
Mrs Charles W Rounds of Pownal Center urges readers to support a no 1 vote on Nov 4 for a new addition to Pownal Elementary. She defends projected cost 20 per square foot plus health safety requirements and state aid 78000 last year, noting enrollment 403 and current double sessions. She invites R G Davis to attend Oct 28 meeting at North Pownal Firehouse.
Paris editors call for immediate removal of Marquis de Lafayette and French troops from America. Politicians denounce the intervention as a fratricidal war. debates push for coalition with Canada and supervised elections across the continent.
Paris reports show students nationwide embracing Moratorium Day with peaceful protests and posters reading Peace in America. In the Sorbonne area a faction overturned carriages and broke windows while waving British flags and chanting George the Third is bound to win.
The piece argues rising isolationism in the United States and Western Europe threatens NATO and global stability. It analyzes implications of a U.S. drawdown in Vietnam, Arab Israeli tensions, and the need to bolster allied nations. It highlights experts noting Israel's airpower must remain credible to deter aggression and suggests Nixon should patch a broader internationalist approach within three years.
New York mayoral candidate John V. Lindsay runs as an independent Liberal in a bid that could redefine national politics. A Lindsay win would solidify influence among Democrats and Republicans, with speculation Lindsay might face Nixon or Rockefeller in 1972, and supporters argue he owes no party loyalty while opponents warn of a potent political shift.
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