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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 429 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
An editorial argues film ratings are exploited for box office gains, creating parental confusion. It condemns the system’s bias toward violence in sanitized forms and calls for a full reevaluation of the ethics behind ratings, proposing a dual numeric system to separate violence and sex content.
Mildred D Spargo protests a new building use rule denying her antique show profit, arguing mass local spending by 140 dealers benefited Bennington. She contrasts a Craft Show with $10,000 local impact, questions charity condition, and offers alternatives to help Dollars for Scholars. Local Lions praise
Burlington residents weigh in on the Democratic and Republican primaries as Burlington Probate Judge William O’Brien’s entry stirs debate. Voters praise, critique, and forecast O’Brien, O’Shae Morrisseau, and Mallory while noting Northern Southern Vermont splits and a race symbolic of state politics this fall. A campus police officer backs Alden and dismisses O’Shae as “fly by night.” The piece blends street quotes with a broader view of Vermont electoral mood.
A Journal article recounts Russo’s rough treatment after he questioned booking rules at a U S naval jail. Guards chained him in a child’s pose, kept him in solitary for hours, then transferred him to Terminal Island. He later faced further beating over notes connected to the Pentagon Papers.
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