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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is published daily minus Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05208.
Editorial notes Vermont long valued Triple A credit while Democrats blame spending. A recent downgrade followed a $4 million state bond issue to back guarantees for BenMont and Garrison Corp. The Vermont Industrial Building Authority aided firms, but taxpayers bore most costs, raising questions about fiscal frugality and oversight.
The Washington DC Police deem the city crime rate down yet send five officers to a hospital to issue a ticket to a bicyclist after his bike dented President Nixon's armored limousine. The car sustained about 100 dollars in dents while the bicycle cost 197 dollars.
An article in Circulation reports that even nicotine free cigarettes impair heart oxygen delivery. Research at Long Beach Veterans Hospital shows heart patients smoking lettuce leaf cigarettes experience diminished heart muscle oxygen supply as a result of the smoking.
A reader argues for broader environmental education beyond students, citing Roland Seward’s Rotarian remark about preserving environment for animals. The letter urges leaders and business figures to grasp environmental literacy, stressing human-animal linkage and responsibility across communities and politics.
Businessmen and conservationists discuss why protecting open spaces clean air and water matters for both animals and humans. Roland Seward of Common Sense Amocistes is quoted raising the question of what we preserve the environment for and whether humans belong among the valued environmental beneficiaries.
In a Bennington context, a letter questions film content polluting life, cites pay-to-policite laws and a Banner article. Eva Leader Betts argues the Leader House property, though not vast, is ideally located with water and sewer and Bennington Hation on the name, asking who one must know.
A Vermont reader thanks the Meals on Wheels volunteers and hospital staff for elder care and nourishment. The letter praises the program’s kindness and requests continued support from community figures while urging thoughtful use of natural resources in ecological and economic debates.
At a Middlebury meeting a Bristol lumberman, a Middlebury grocer, and a manufacturing plant official described poor job retention, high hiring needs, and shifting shifts. Officials blame rural poverty and systemic barriers while promising improvements. many unemployed lack basic skills and face health barriers, with illiterate and disabled workers left out of new computer aided job systems.
The Lavelle affair sparked debate over civilian control and military discipline amid the Vietnam war. Questions linger about whether Abrams and Adm. Moore were aware of secret raids, or if Lavelle acted alone, and what this says about accountability in high command and the nation’s leadership. Public distrust grows as officials’ statements are scrutinized and punishment appears unequal.
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