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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The PLO under Yasser Arafat gains credibility by mediating Egypt Libya tensions and moves toward full UN Western Asia Economic Commission membership. Washington and Jerusalem resist, while Geneva negotiations loom with potential PLO participation via Jordanian delegates. Carter faces pressure to balance Israel ties and Arab diplomacy.
Wendy Burn contends against the Clinch River breeder reactor urging Senator Robert Stafford to reconsider. She warns of nuclear proliferation and human error risks from plutonium and other isotopes, potential genetic harm, cancer rise, environmental damage, and long half life radiation. She questions safety, waste disposal, and national defense vulnerability near communities and urges rethinking the Clinch River decision and neutron bomb implications.
The article outlines when to harvest common midsummer crops including peas, lettuce, spinach, greens, beets, turnips, carrots, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers, potatoes, corn, and tomatoes. It advises picking greens at day's end for vitamin C, harvesting under specific sizes for roots, and storing or freezing produce to preserve sweetness and avoid rot. It also notes tomato ripening stages and frost protection for extended yields.
The town faces a landfill ordinance amid debate over charging locals for dumping. Supporters praise sanitation service while critics warn residents would pay twice through taxes and fees. Some suggest fees for non residents, but no need to overdo policy. Improved sidewalks noted this summer.
Happy anniversary notes Hoosick Falls turning 150 with plans for a weekend celebration boasting history, fun, and old home day atmosphere. The piece hopes neighboring Bennington will visit next week for its bicentennial battle commemoration, sharing in regional pride.
Editor's note questions whether funds exist for replanting after removals. The piece laments a trend of trees being cut for a larger parking area at the hospital campus, leaving a sense of loss and concern for future greenery.
The Banner prints a reply to Mrs Trafford’s letter in the Manchester Journal urging Gene Lattuga, planning commission chair, to resign over alleged conflict of interest. The respondents note Lattuga’s new statewide consulting business with Doug Schner focuses on securing state and local development permits, including Act 250, and imply ambitions are not to serve beyond that.
The letter argues that a tiny chance of conflict among state or local permit applicants is common and resignation is not warranted. It notes Lattuga would recuse if a client sought a Manchester permit, and that many officials in Shaftsbury Middlebury Island Pond and 242 towns could face such issues. The authors defend prudence without resignations, listing several local names in Manchester.
In a Wall Street Journal column Alan L. Otten notes mass opposition blocks refineries prisons and other large facilities while MIT planners propose a free market approach allowing communities to bid to host projects The best bid would win the facility and local stakes rise nationwide
The piece discusses President Carter's delicate stance with black leaders led by Vernon Jordan, his public defense of black goals, and the risk of white backlash. It argues for a high level black White House aide to address concerns and mimic the symbolic impact of William Coleman.
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