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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays. Published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
A Middlbury conference sponsored by the Vermont Natural Resources Council warns that pollution resource exploitation and population growth threaten a habitable world within 50 years. Catharine Foster notes some speakers believe reversal is possible with new commitment from citizens and officials, including population controls and modern farming in developing nations. Action now on a massive scale is urged.
The Bennington Water Board approved a private property owner’s plan to install a public water main through a private right of way. This arrangement could let the landowner decide who taps the system and profit from access, contradicting the Putnam deed of gift which commits the village to furnish water to all. The board should seek a court interpretation to enable self-funded extensions and to establish modern rules, given new water sources and rapid town growth.
In Vichy the Mont Pelerin colloquy shows opposition to De Gaulle from many small businessmen and some unions. They fear profit sharing, rising prices, and tariff shifts as France nears 1968 Common Market integration. Uncertainty grows over how to sustain profits, labor sharing, and social benefits without tariffs or German and Italian competition.
The Middle East debate at the UN masks deeper shifts in Egypt as Nasser confronts a shaky regime, military purges, and a pivot between Soviet arms and Western aid. Arab elites face collapse while Feisal’s Saudi support sustains Egypt, leaving Nasser torn between becoming a Soviet satellite or seeking a US rapprochement.
Editor notes praise bicycle touring as healthy and scenic, contrasting with long motor trips. Mentions Huff and Puffer International Bicycle Touring Society starting a 600 mile route through Vermont and New Hampshire from Wilmington, averaging about 50 miles per day. Also congratulates John Morrissey on becoming president of the Greater Vermont Association and comments on Rockefeller’s potential role in GOP politics as Reagan-era nomination looms.
NORTH BENNINGTON editor's note argues against a strike by mothers, contrasting their unpaid labor with other strikes. It praises mothers' multitasking, dedication, and instinctive care, noting the lack of salary and benefits while defending their essential, unglamorous role in daily family life.
Porter Matteson of Palm City Florida writes to The Banner praising its fair reporting and vital statistics while announcing the annual Matteson reunion at Cole Hall in South Shaftsbury on Saturday afternoon September 30. He offers 110000 Matteson index cards and free copies to those who share county records.
A farmer injured in the afternoon is taken to a crowded hospital. He complains about the ward's silence and learns the supposed miracle drug is for labor. He laments that everything is for labor and nothing for the farmer.
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