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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201, detailing its ownership and distribution schedule.
Vermont's credit edge softened yet Bennington's debt integrity shines as a $100,000 fund drive for Memorial Park pool building shatters the thermometer mark. Initiated by a few, the effort drew broad local support from banks, businesses, and residents, turning doubt into a resounding success.
The piece praises volunteers and supporters who built community pride around a new facility. From Olaf Bard selling tickets on Main Street to Heritage House staff and many helpers, funds and labor poured in, led by Dick Sheaman who proposed the drive and Dr Sleeman who delivered. The article closes with curiosity about Sleeman's next move.
The Senate narrowly approved $7 billion yearly for all purposes from the Highway Trust Fund for two years and rejected a $2.3 billion transit flag. It adopted $800 million for state rail rapid transit, including subways, signaling a first principle that money may support rail, not just buses.
Vermont senator Robert Stafford altered course last month causing a rift and ending committee momentum on a mass transit plan. Volpe and the White House lobbied intensely, helping win Senate support 77 to 0. House prospects dim, but hopes remain for a conference outcome.
A government ministry in Japan targets employees who skip scheduled holidays. Four fifths of the Japanese workforce did not take allotted vacation last year, prompting discussion on how labor practices and management dynamics affect economic efficiency and prices of Japanese goods.
Observer columns mock the era of Lyndon Johnson era chaos with Gen Lavelle and Thieu, satire on air power, Nixon parody, Kissinger flights, and McGovern politics. The piece jeers at election year bravado, inflated rhetoric, and public missteps as a media-saturated, absurd era.
In 37 major National Parks the rise of motor tourism has crowded, polluted, and strained wildlife and facilities. The panel urges limits on cars, outside lodging, and a moratorium on park road building to protect heritage. Forest Service models a compromise toward balanced recreation and conservation.
In a pointed critique, Moynihan’s claim that Nixon is intellectual is challenged as misrepresentation. The piece argues Nixon’s White House lacks a climate for ideas, creativity, and civil discourse, citing spying, press attacks, racist strategy, and a perfunctory elite. It contrasts Nixon with Stevenson and questions the administration’s intellectual orientation and judgment.
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