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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 125 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The editorial argues that equal justice requires Richard Nixon, if convicted of obstruction of justice and related crimes, face the same penalties as any other citizen. It questions Congress immunity talk and urges a fair trial, noting the presidency does not excuse criminal liability.
Orrin Griffis questions whether elementary students truly read at a national norm and if remedial reading programs work. He argues parents and taxpayers deserve proof that reading initiatives raise actual reading ability rather than chasing benchmarks. He urges a return to core reading gains like in the one room schoolhouse.
The solid waste study funded by the BCRC highlights planning needs for waste disposal in North Shire and the county. It criticizes Vermont’s lax pace against packaging firms and notes packaging excess from vegetables to bread, stressing a demand for reductions amid mounting refuse.
A reflective piece discusses global garbage accumulation, the durability of plastic bags, and the need for recyclable or biodegradable packaging. It urges reducing landfill input, avoiding plastics, and starting composting to combat waste before mountains of debris overwhelm areas like the Green Mountains.
In a San Francisco rest home, a night guard records a haunting shift watching cameras and fellow guards while recounting a resident, Mrs D, who fears sleep. The piece links rising crime with pedestal lighting, elevator ghosts, and a quiet plea for basic light and freedom, revealing fear of institutionalization.
Profiles from the Past surveys Vermont religion in the early 1800s. Zadeck Thompson, Bridgewater born 1796, studied at Middlebury and UVM, taught natural history, and served as an Episcopal deacon while observing religious change. Postwar Vermont saw Baptists Episcopalians and others practice freely as towns shifted away from church control.
A reader urges the community to move from thinking to action to curb social ills. The letter argues for improved nutrition and soil health, linking diet to heart disease, cancer, and societal outcomes while rails against reliance on fertilizers and the "cotton candy diet."
A joke in Parade by Greg Lewis recounts a lawyer and his wife aboard a stormy cruise. After the lawyer falls overboard eight sharks form a two lane escort and return him to the ship. The wife quips it was professional courtesy. The piece ends with a Wall Street Journal reference.
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