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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Vermont faces a three way Democratic Senate primary with former Gov. Philip Hoff facing State Sen. Fiore Bove and ex-Rep. William Meyer. Hoff is seen as the strongest candidate capable of defeating Republican Winston Prouty in November. The piece argues Hoff’s record and stance on reducing Pentagon influence and focusing on domestic issues.
A 1970 71 update highlights how most Southern public school systems are back in session and desegregated after the Supreme Court ruling. It acknowledges gaping de facto segregation and white private schooling but credits Nixon’s Southern Strategy for easing peaceful compliance. Moynihan laments Congress’s slow reaction to the Emergency School Aid Act.
Letter to stockholders notes the loss of Arthur Taylor a HOME Inc director and finance committee chair who had just been elected vice president. The August meeting resignations of Rev Edward Geyer and William Hoisington are announced and Bjarne Asper joins as representative of the North Bennington Congregational Church. Mrs Clarice Thomas and Arnold...
A reader letters to the editor groups welfare mothers with work criticism, contrasting with her laid off status and children’s clothing needs, while local notes report HOME Inc board changes, memorial gifts, and plans for renovation and stock drives to fund housing for families.
A Vermont resident laments high taxes and welfare costs while noting inadequacies in support for working families. The letter supports Social Welfare Commissioner Joseph Betit, praising his approach to welfare policy and advocating stricter investigations of welfare recipients.
A Vermont letter condemns frequent turnover of Congress members and praises Mrs Winston Prouty as President of the Executive Committee, urging voters to seek strong representation. The writer from Saxtons River questions returns of new congressmen and mocks the idea of parental guidance. Irving Fineman of Shaftsbury signs the dispatch.
A letter discusses highway salt as a pollutant and rust producer, urging a shift to granite grits as a traction substitute. The writer contends that grit may offer safer, cleaner winter driving and suggests experimental trials, noting motorists prefer bare roads and proper tires for safe travel.
Washington politics frame Charles Goodell as a weakened Republican with liberal shifts on Vietnam and defense. He trails Democrat opponent Dick Ottinger amid costly, well funded crossfires from Nelson Rockefeller and the party, while Goodell lags in private fundraising and faces intensified campaign pressure.
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