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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. This record notes the paper’s operating schedule and corporate address as listed in the source.
The piece critiques Defense Secretary Schlesinger’s push for selective strategic options with a $9.3 billion 1975 budget for research and missiles. It warns the plan could enable limited nuclear war, citing past near-misses in Korea and Vietnam and noting renewed studies on evacuating U.S. cities amid growing nuclear crisis planning.
Town Manager Edward Lamb argues that expanding highway water and sewer operations require a fulltime supervisor to replace the manager and three foremen. He questions efficiency, potential savings, and the risk of perpetual bureaucracy while considering funding, future costs, and parity with present day expenses. Water and sewer should be self supporting, with possible rate increases, before further reorganizing services.
Editor critiques Route 67A progress with two imposing bridges seen as a monument to taxes. laments misplaced priorities and calls for more trash cans to curb litter and end careless habits on Main Street.
Forbes interviews Dr. Richard Farson, new president of Esalen, on Birthright and child self determination from day one. The piece questions大胆 proposals like abolishing compulsory education and child binding contracts while noting some ideas may be premature for babies.
Readers in Shaftsbury and Bennington debate new property assessments. A letter cites inequities between districts and the North Bennington tax reversal, urging study before action and questioning the Board of Civil Authority. A second letter criticizes Marxist influence and Patty Hearst. A third argues energy costs require higher taxes to fund exploration and education.
In its second year Birthright Bennington aided a small number of cases offering nonjudgmental counseling, housing, clothing, temporary aid, adoption referrals, pregnancy tests, transport to appointments, and access to hospital tours. Volunteers invite women with problem pregnancies to call 2-9473, 2-2293, or 2-3434.
An opinion piece notes White House counsel James St Clair seeks to stall the House Judiciary inquiry into Nixon, urging co operation while awaiting materials. It weighs political risk, impeachment chances, and world events, contrasting Nixon’s strategy with past presidents and painting a pressed time frame ahead of Easter recess.
A fragmentary note lists 830 East Main Street and the name Fred O. Graves Jr. It reads a poetic line about April arriving amid winds and rain and tender eyes, suggesting a personal dedication or obituary snippet tied to a specific address and individual.
Readers’ column shares practical wild plant recipes including day lilies on toast and mixed greens. It covers milkweed greens with butter sour cream and vinegar, fiddleheads prep and freezing, wintercress as salad or greens, dandelion use and a fancy raw salads dressing with Jerusalem artichoke and day lilies.
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