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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Hatfield-McGovern amendment failed in the Senate, drawing praise from the Nixon administration as an overwhelming win and from opponents as a moral victory. Forty senators pressed for a clear timetable to end the Vietnam conflict, urging the White House to adopt a standstill cease-fire and begin winding down the war. The Senate vote grants the administration a breathing spell, but patience has an end.
The President approves funding for the school milk program at 104 million dollars per year, reversing earlier opposition. The subsidy, aimed at providing milk to all children, is framed as helping low income families while sparing middle class taxpayers, and is compared to the cost of the Vietnam War for perspective. It is portrayed as a favorable bargain that benefits families and students nationwide.
The Commerce Department shows Vermont rising from 389,881 in 1960 to 437,744 in 1970, yet slipping from 48th to 49th in state population rankings. The note laments wasted public funds on moved furniture, highway litter, and hints education may boost reading among youth.
Miss Vivian Golbin of North Bennington argues a Bennington jury member voiced strong anti demonstration bias after serving on the Bartlett case. She recalls the juror saying demonstrations disgusted her and questions whether impartial juror screening was adequate for future trials.
The writer attacks the MAUHS board for cutting a democratic education path over expense and opposing competition in 1970s high school life. She cites 1943 court rulings on student rights and warns about suppressing curiosity humor and honesty, urging students to resist and maintain civic freedoms.
Mt Anthony Union High School students challenge the school board and Col Murray arguing education should drive policy not taxpayer interests. They urge student input on course offerings citing Ed Villella as a pinnacle of achievement and referencing the Book of Knowledge.
The Automobile Legal Association urges Vermont residents to adopt a constitutional Good Roads Amendment in 1971 to protect car owners from double taxation and to preserve highway funding. The pamphlet cites 177,693 registered cars in 1969 and explains highway funds have funded roads via gasoline taxes, with proposed constitutional protection seen as aligning Vermont with other states. William J. Nichols, Vermont District Manager, Rutland outlines the case.
The piece argues that painless silence and sensory deprivation would end pollution and noise, proposing extreme self-inflicted deafness blindness and loss of taste touch and smell as the only perfect solution, framed by a satirical, provocative tone from Arlington.
Middlebury reports the 1970 census shows Vermont rural counties shrinking while Chittenden County grows 32 percent in the sixties. Suburbs draw people from cities and countryside as job access and living conditions improve, with Vermont poised for a rural revival in the 1970s. Forward-looking youth and returning residents bolster plans for growth and new recreation-driven economy.
The piece argues U S policy failures in Vietnam have driven soaring inflation and a collapsing economy in Saigon. It criticizes devaluation delays and the Commodity Import Program, noting black market rates and rising prices hurting the poor while elites profit. It links these factors to distrust of Thieu’s government and waning support for a U S military role.
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