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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Opinion piece criticizes modern labor union power and political funding. It cites AFL-CIO COPE tax reform demands, union dues used for campaigns, and compulsory unionism. The column argues for taxing unions on unrelated income and limiting tax exemptions. It notes building trades restrictions raise housing costs and affect employment. It discusses coalition bargaining and federal union shop issues, urging protection of workers’ rights.
The article weighs claims that the Soviet Union may be seeking a preventive war against China. It argues such talk may be a psychological ploy, but warns the risk of miscalculation and nuclear escalation is real. The piece notes U S isolation in China and urges caution to avoid Armageddon scenarios.
A Senate aging committee report cites about 6 million Americans over 65 living in poverty, up to 20 million elderly affected, due to inflation. It urges measures: cost of living adjustments in Social Security, expanding Medicare, elderly housing, and stronger pension protections to shield seniors from rising prices.
Editor notes that Labor Day ends summer and school buses and pedestrians return to streets, urging careful driving near school zones. A Bennington business owner defends property listings while notes about zoning prompt questions on single acre versus 100 acres for trailer parks west of Old Bennington.
A whimsical Bureau of UPI cartoon piece recounts an old man with a red beard testing a crowd with three questions about Vietnam war costs debt and troop withdrawals. The punchline notes a student on a tricycle who avoids the joke due to studying new math.
In Searsburg the editors reflect on autumn approaching the Green Mountains. A fox family and visiting friends, skylarks and moons rise, while questions loom about space funding versus earthly health needs as the Skylark summer winds down and visitors depart for schooltime routines.
Albany reports a crowded Democratic field with more than half a dozen hopefuls. Howard Samuels argues the nominating convention may settle nothing and favors a voters primary, urging a run-off if no candidate wins a majority. Other potential contenders include Bingham Pike Ottinger Stratton Nickerson and Steingut.
A primary candidate says his only path to victory hinges on building a working coalition with Mayor John V. Lindsay of New York and other Republican and Democratic leaders to oppose the status quo in government policies.
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