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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece critiques a broad drug bill, saying harsh penalties and no knock raids won t curb supply. It notes many distributors are casual users across ages and locales, urges education and rehabilitation over police state measures, and calls for school based campaigns to deter future generations from drug dependency.
The piece defends a nickel price rise, noting readers resented higher costs and comparing with larger city papers. It argues the smaller town of Bennington cannot sustain a much larger edition or much higher price given local population and readership, explaining current circulation of about 6,400.
The Banner defends free speech amid a letter from Mrs. Laflamme about Mt. Anthony Union High School. The editors justify printing the letter to expose charges, defend journalism costs and inflation driven price hikes, and reaffirm commitment to reporting truthfully and fairly for the community.
A Bennington reader denounces The Banner as liberal and radical and calls for a townwide shift. He asserts Mt Anthony Union High School houses atheists and Communists, urging voters to elect Christian, anti radical leaders to run the school board. He cites educators, courses, and student behavior as proof of a supposed political agenda, urging a cleansing of local institutions.
A Weestward in national politics leaves New York's governor contest between Arthur Goldberg and Nelson Rockefeller seeming less consequential. The piece analyzes polling, past voting patterns, party lines, and campaign strength, noting Rockefeller's charisma and Goldberg's Liberal alignment as pivotal but unsettled by shifting national focus. It ends with a humorous Week Magazine anecdote about regional political theater.
Bennington resident JWENRY B RAYMORE protests the removal of trees on Main Street arguing the change erases local character and overlooks safer, better planned commercial developments. He contrasts porches and historic venues with modern facades, laments the loss of the Y and Opera House landmarks, and urges preserving quality and local flavor over standardized national chains.
A columnist riffs on beards and sandals as symbols of idealized past virtue versus modern pretension. He contrasts Barrett's dying priest scene with barefoot preachers, mocks revivalist Biblical motifs, and skewers hippie culture and anti establishment strains, arguing sincerity vs show and the allure of Western freedom versus Eastern critique. He notes how self styled traditionalists glamorize simplicity while embracing consumption and flawed ideals.
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