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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The editorial argues Clement Haynsworth faces scrutiny over ethics and stock dealings as his Supreme Court nomination advances. It notes liberal and conservative pressures, Nixon’s stake, and questions about his labor and civil rights record, with debates over his fitness and judicial talent.
A reader from Pine Lake Georgia recalls Mountain Mills logging origins in Somerset and a Searsburg post office story tied to Needham Bartlett. The letter also questions John Abt’s alleged Soviet ties and cites Chicago protests, Oswald, and the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam with John R. Thompson of Bennington Monday, September 13.
Letters to the editor critique a bank solicitation and hidden fine print with high interest. A Dorset reader condemns sensational coverage of a Manchester child’s death, commending respect for a family’s wishes and noting officials’ unavailability. The contributors urge discussion of constitutional rights and workplace social reforms.
Mrs Desmond leads testifying at FDA hearings on food additives and heads a Arlington Virginia Federation of Homemakers push for safer baby foods. Congresswomen and senators back permanent consumer affairs offices and a cabinet department to oversee food and drug quality. Efforts seek bigger FDA funding and thorough screening of drug ads and food testing, with calls to inspect processing and reduce additives.
The election of Republican Sen. Hugh Scott as minority leader marks a boost for moderates and liberals after decades out of White House policy. Scott and Sen. Griffin's wins may block the conservative wing, offer watchdogs for the Nixon administration, and open room for liberal issues like integration within a broader conservative framework.
Washington critics charge Attorney General John Mitchell has turned the Justice Department into a public relations firm. The piece details how Mitchell and his firm pushed a favorable narrative around Fortas resignation and then maneuvered for Haynsworth, highlighting a conflict of interest with a vending machine stock, Rehnquist memos, and Senate questions about the department’s handling of judicial ethics and the true purpose of its actions.
The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence issued a statement declaring that the preponderance of research shows television violence adversely affects audiences, especially children. It asserts TV enters the learning process and teaches moral values at odds with a civilized society.
The Labor Department backs a Philadelphia Plan aimed at boosting minority hiring on federally assisted projects, targeting 26 percent minority workforce by 1972. While praised as a bold move, critics warn it could inflame tensions with building trades unions and white voters, underscoring broader fights over housing, education, and voting rights.
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