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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 125 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
A July 17 poll of 295 Vermont voters finds incumbents leading potential challengers with Gov. Salmon seen as unbeatable. Republican Mallory trails Leahy for the Senate seat while Kenendy’s bid remains weak. About 40 percent are undecided, with a lively fall anticipated.
A Springfield meeting hosted by Democrat Nat Frothingham on inflation devolved into a lecture by two experts and the candidate, with public participation truncated. The writer critiques the Roosevelt era purchasing power policy and the inflationary stance, noting late adjournment and superficial economics joined by examples.
A reader accuses Frothingham of offering frothy economic rhetoric on inflation, faulting his focus on deficit cuts and tax exemptions while ignoring taxes and real remedies. The letter praises mass transit support and criticizes the writing as moblike political oratory from a church group setting.
The letter criticizes cruel acts against Bennington's local basketball coach Dave Fredrickson who has donated extensive time to the community. It mocks the American Petroleum Institute breakfast with governors, links it to world food crisis discussions, and condemns NBC's $10 million bid to air The Godfather calling it obscene for families and teenagers to witness on TV.
A Socialist Labor Party member asserts that campaign financing laws curb free ballots. He argues morality cannot be legislated, cites the 1971 Act and Watergate as changing tactics, and warns subsidies to major parties threaten the two party system. He notes his support for the SLP from 12 Catherine St Ellenville NY.
David Fredrickson reports a methodical act of garden vandalism at his home on 317 Silver St. He found tomato plants, pole beans, pumpkins, lettuce, beets, bush beans, carrots, and flowers damaged or uprooted. He asks the public to contact him with any information to identify the offender.
Raymond Bowen of Bennington commends The Banner editorial The watchman at the gate from the July 30 issue as the strongest and most meaningful read since he moved here 21 years ago. He also finds Mrs. Marcia Barber’s letter in the same issue very interesting.
A reader recalls a single can of tuna kept for emergencies while detailing the rise in bluefin tuna prices from five cents in 1970 to over a dollar in 1973 74. The piece traces postwar fishing expansion by Poland Russia Britain Norway Spain and Japan and argues for conservation over maximum yield, noting tagging studies and global migration of bluefin tuna.
An American Legion Magazine piece argues for venue changes in Watergate cases to ensure fair juries, cites DC trials’ convictions, questions judicial bias, and suggests broader e retribution share while criticizing prosecutorial overreach and political influence. It notes Connally and Reinecke cases as evidence of selective prosecutions and urges scrutiny of the Special Persecution Force.
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