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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 4125 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
A calm call to move past Watergate with a full public accounting. The author urges Congress to reveal the entire scandal to prevent repeats, stresses national unity above partisanship, and asks Americans to support President Ford in guiding the country from fear and cynicism toward renewed faith.
Editor notes Vermont candidate James M. Jeffords hesitated to speak on Richard Nixon to avoid an enemies list. The piece questions if fear of opposing views signals weak independence for Congress, while noting local traffic changes on Route 67 and a worsening bottleneck near Haynes Corners and Bennington College.
A Boston Herald American reader recalls waiting almost a year for Freddie the truck farm owner to harvest the first home grown corn. He laments delayed warmth and rain, contrasts South produced corn, and stresses corn must be fresh and cooked quickly.
Home grown corn should be boiled and rushed from the garden to preserve sweetness. Refrigeration slows sugar to starch conversion. Ready picked ears should have bright green husks, shiny silk, plump kernels. A ripe ear yields juice when pried. corn with butter and salt tastes best.
A reflective essay traces the paradoxes of Richard Nixon’s career from Watergate to impeachment. It argues his intent to protect the presidency backfired, strengthening Congress and triggering reforms in campaign finance and government openness. The piece notes loyalties sacrificed, allies betrayed, and the enduring moral of history.
In Middlebury Vermont a local survey shows 73 percent of respondents favor a state land use plan while 5 percent oppose and the rest are undecided. The questionnaire covers traffic daylight saving and power plant siting among other issues. Respondents call for local control and equity in taxation and note the economic slump shaping views. The piece also notes lingering critique of Daylight Saving and hints at national political context with references to Nixon.
A reflective piece analyzing Richard Nixon as a symbol of a technological, dehumanizing era. It contrasts Nixon with earlier presidents, argues the postwar machine consumes humanity, and muses on wordplay around Nixon’s name and corporate branding shifts from Esso to Exxon.
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