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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
A discussion on railroad unions seeking 12000 firemen amid a modernizing industry contrasts with a Vermont Republican plank proposing a $7500 pension income tax exemption. The piece condemns age-based tax relief while urging broader tax relief and government intervention to keep rail service running. It argues for inclusive policies and warns against nostalgia driving outdated practices.
An opinion piece argues that Britain and Japan show crowded, unreliable commuter service despite progress. It notes British rail groups report overcrowding and Japan plans spending to ease conditions, yet nationalization is not a miracle cure.
A prize description from a farm journal portrays a deserted hillside farm with a troubling scene of loss. An Indian narrator lists vanished structures and supplies while contrasting white man crazy behavior with a life of self reliance and resource conservation.
In Arlington letters to The Banner residents urge traffic safety near the high school and elementary, proposing 20 mph speed limits, flashing lights, and sidewalks. They question cost versus child safety and suggest school personnel control crossing signals and a review of sidewalk restoration.
The speaker notes that students mirror adult concerns earlier, citing Oberlin’s anti slavery stance and colleges pushing for women’s suffrage before the broader public. Dr Kerr, chairing the discussion, frames this historical pattern as a constant in American higher education.
Senator Birch Bayh urges direct popular election arguing it expresses the will of the people, backed by poll claims. Critics from Theodore White to Alexander Bickel warn the change would erode federal balance, invite party distortion, and centralize power, with fears of media driven campaigns and urban bias.
A transplanted Vermont resident argues against posting open land near towns. He says posting invites only the right kind of hunters while deterring responsible locals, and urges landowners to foster neighborly ties and shared stewardship to protect property and safety. He praises hunters as community helpers and urges readers to rely on friends over posted signs.
The July issue of the Journal of Recreational Mathematics presents an alphabetic coded addition example by its inventor, symbolizing peace in 1970. Four addends stand for Peace in t Russian French and English, with each letter representing digits 0 through 9 and consistent across the puzzle.
The Peace Is Patriotic Committee of Bennington invites Mt. Anthony Union High School students to solve a alphametic puzzle where each letter represents a distinct digit. Submit solutions to Peace Is Patriotic Box 462 Bennington VT 05201. First correct entry wins ten dollars. Chairman Anne Malamud, 11 Catamount Lane.
Southern Vermont reports that the 1966 road program, loved by lawmakers in 1966 and buried by 1968, has resurfaced as a 1971 campaign issue. The debate centers on finishing interstate routes in northeastern Vermont and Rutland, and whether a one cent rise in the eight cent gasoline tax will bridge a projected $2 million debt service gap.
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