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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
A political clash emerges as soaring food costs threaten the anti inflation drive. The Nixon administration leans toward farmers led by Earl L. Butz while housewives, numbering millions more, pressure for relief. Butz’s lobbying role raises concerns amid the debate.
Secretary Butz targets Giant Foods consultant Esther Peterson for advising shoppers to substitute meat with chicken turkey fish to beat price hikes. He argues farm costs drive prices and urges consumers to ignore such tips. The piece notes Democrats may push inflation as a major issue, while the administration debates controlling food costs.
Editor notes predict Luther F. Hackett will run for governor but the paper has no image to accompany him. Hackett has remained low profile statewide and has not supplied a photograph for publication.
Guest editors warn that Horizon Corporation of Arizona seeks to buy a large private Adirondack tract to subdivide into one and two acre lots and build roads golf courses and skiing facilities. The Adirondack Park Agency can block changes pending a state land use plan and the firm must obtain DEC approval for any damming of streams.
Opponents insist agencies cannot comment until Horizon's official plans are studied and land purchases are contingent on approvals. They warn housing development and damming Grass would violate Forever Wild and Scenic Hiver designations, urging the Temporary Study Commission to curb uncontrolled growth and protect the Adirondacks.
The Vermont Association of Railroad Passengers VARP urges residents to mail Amtrak President Roger Lewis views on restoring passenger service from Washington to Montreal via Vermont. VARP cites market potential and profits offset by higher operating costs and uncertain CNR charges. Public response at Hanover NH Trade Fair was strong with Vermonters and New Hampshire residents pledging support for a statewide fundraising and volunteer drive to revive the Montrealer and broader two-state rail service.
The narrator journeys the eastern Maine coast from Kittery to Rockland and Bucksport then to Harborside and the Penobscot Estuary seeking the wilderness home of Helen and Scott Nearing. The voyage highlights remote woods, snow evidence, and a stark, serene landscape versus civilization. Scott Nearing appears with a young man companion on arrival at their salt water farm.
Readers are told Vermont now imposes a stiff ant litter penalty regime. Convicted litterers face up to 800 dollars in fines, 10 days in jail, and mandatory suspensions for driver, hunter, or fisher licenses. Courts may require up to 40 hours of roadside cleanup.
Irving Rineman of Shaftsbury writes to the Atomic Energy Commission arguing to send radioactive waste to the moon until a neutral solution is found. He contends the moon might become a repository, freeing Earth from disposal issues while scientific advances continue.
A reflective piece argues the American melting pot metaphor has frayed as society backwardly reels toward division. It notes rising racial extremism, school desegregation backlash, ethnic politics, and urban ecological threats, while citing Byrnes and Boorstin on illusion versus reality. The essay guards against nostalgia, urging recognition of enduring diversity and the peril of reversion.
A fragmented message expresses hope that scientists prove Mare is uninhabited and warns against extending foreign aid. The user signs as Hhvevice or dia Herat, with unclear attribution and context.
A story from the United Mine Workers Journal recounts a migrant girl who joined a suburban home as a maid. She becomes pregnant, and the couple adopts her child to keep her. When the maid leaves again after a second pregnancy, she explains she cannot work for families with children.
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