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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. The item summarizes the newspaper’s publication schedule and corporate address as stated in the editorial masthead.
The piece surveys tax reform battles in Congress as Senate debates the House July bill aimed at closing shelters and loopholes. It notes opposition from oil, colleges, museums,private foundations and bondholders, arguing reform could chill subsidies to private education and charities while still needing safeguards for public programs. It also touches local issues on federal funding cuts and community projects such as Bennington County roads, Lake Paran and public pools.
A Regional Forester argues national forests deliver strong returns through timber, noting 97 million acres of commercial forest on 187 million National Forest acres and that half of softwood inventories reside there. He cites Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest as example, detailing investments, annual harvest, local tax benefits, and ongoing improvements amid storms and beech disease.
The Springfield Union argues that despite heavy summer rains a long term water shortage exists due to rising demand and river pollution. It cites the Quabbin reservoir at 56 percent capacity and notes plans to divert Connecticut River flow to bolster Boston area supplies, urging regional cooperation over sectionalism.
Reader letters praise Lake Paran staff for safe, well supervised summer and Red Cross swimming instruction. Ruth Levin thanks community leaders for keeping Bennington area lake pristine and child friendly. Ellsworth Grant notes need for pollution controls and a new human right to live without pollution.
A columnist argues that place and local loyalty are vanishing in Southern California as development erases distinct towns. He notes San Clemente and nearby cities lose local pride, with residents identifying by region rather than place, and sees Nixon's White House as emblematic of power over locality. He questions what replaces community when rootedness dissolves.
Two back to back sessions on September 13 and 14 present speeches and exhibits from Vermont groups on conservation. Key targets include DDT concerns raised by Carol Yannacone in Suffolk County, with experts from Stony Brook and Brookhaven backing the suit. Conference features lunch, slides on Vermont's future, and talks on roadside conservation, bogs, and land use. Speakers Ted Riehle and Al Moulton are slated for both events.
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