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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201, outlining its operating schedule and corporate address.
A thermometer graphic on the Vermont National Bank signals Bennington community support for a $100,000 YMCA building fund at Memorial Park. With $40,000 raised and seven weeks to the Sept 25 deadline, volunteers are urged to canvass neighborhoods and boost contributions from all residents and local groups.
A St Johnsbury Caledonian Record opinion argues Vermont’s utility rate design rewards waste and punishes conservation. It states kilowatt cost decreases with higher consumption, raising bills for thrifty customers and harming low income households while encouraging excess use during power shortages. It also accuses power companies of blaming environmentalists to stall atomic power.
Rep. Martin Powell of Essex plans a bill in the next session to force utilities to reverse their rate structure. He argues current pricing punishes careful demand management and could curb wasteful electricity use, offering an alternative to the power companies' safety criticisms of atomic plants.
The text questions the meaning of sensible killing as used by Mayor Lindsay and in Northern Ireland discourse. It contrasts senseless killings with the idea of targeted violence in political or urban crime contexts, probing motives and moral judgments in public rhetoric.
A 60s style essay criticizes Interstate Highway expansion, noting how highways displaced communities, raised costs up to 100 million dollars per mile, worsened congestion despitePlanned benefits, and shifted focus to cars. It highlights air pollution, energy shortages, and social inequities while urging support for a Kenned y Weicker bill backing flexible transit funding over toll road expansion.
A public defense of nuclear generating plants clashes with concerns over radioactive waste and long term harm. The author argues that rising power demand justifies atomic energy but warns of deformed unborn generations and escalating costs, referencing the 1959 Fallout report and stressing environmental dangers.
A group debates the value of vacations as self improvement and one man refuses to participate, choosing to do nothing. The narrator confesses guilt and eventual realization that even doing nothing can feel like an attempt to improve America’s labor ethic.
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