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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial notes Bennington firemen are shaping Sunday’s lengthy Battle Day parade with tactics to speed the march. Trucks go out in pairs, marching firemen line up three abreast, and gaps shrink. Parade Chairman Proud expects a 3 p.m. finish as logistics stress careful timing and direction. The lineup mirrors high level protocol with Senate, governor, and lieutenant governor among marchers.
Lt Gov Brian Burns trails in the Democratic governor race while incumbent advantage helps Stella Hackel and other rivals. Attorney General M Jerome Diamond seeks another term over John Meaker as voters prepare for a weekend of plans, weather hopes, and local prayers for guidance.
A crowd of 15000 awaits Saturdays Shrine football clash between Vermont and New Hampshire stars. Mt Anthony sensation Alan Daigneault, famed for his elusive run and 71 yard title game TD, shifts to defensive halfback but may still impact the contest with a big play or interception.
A letter urges voters to register and verify their names on the official checklist before the Sept. 14 primary. It warns that ballot clerks cannot issue ballots to those not listed and stresses individual responsibility to avoid disenfranchisement per Board of Civil Authority guidance.
Letters to the editor respond to Tom Braden’s July 24 column in The Banner calling Bechtel a sinister force in nuclear enrichment. The reply defends Bechtel as a 76 year old firm with high standards, arguing Uranium Enrichment Associates is a separate private consortium with respected members and that Braden distorts facts.
Bechtel rejects Braden on multiple points including private enrichment plans by UEA, cost to U.S. taxpayers, and Bechtel's lack of reactor sales. It notes UEA would invest 3.5 billion in a private enrichment plant and claims Bechtel did not negotiate with Brazil or supply Indian plutonium. Bechtel says it faced no congressional probe and challenged Braden’s accusations about the Alaska pipeline and Arab boycott suit.
A Rodale Organic Gardening Experimental Farm report details amaranth growth, seed yields, and nutritional value. It notes two main types Amaranthus hypochondriacus and Amaranthus cruentus, plus uses from food to fodder and ornamental aims, with seed availability and growing trials nationwide.
In a letter to the Banner editor Brian Vachon of Vermont Life challenges the use of the term slush fund to describe an editor’s editorial fund. He says the fund, allowed by the legislature for over a decade, is used to offset editorial costs and not misused. The editor agrees, noting UPI’s word choice led to headline editorializing.
The Banner urges readers to register to vote by the final deadline, noting August 20 as the effective date. Any town clerk, justice of the peace, or notary can register voters. Bennington Briefs notes registration information for Rep. Jordan D. Cole in Bennington.
To the Editor, C. Wesley Townshend urges Arlington and Sandgate residents to use foresight and station two fire trucks west of the bridge for rapid response. Fortunately they were not needed.
A Bechtel official accuses critics of misreading the company. Senator Abourezk’s 1978 probe traced Bechtel’s ties to Energy Transportation Systems Inc and a coal slurry pipeline bid. Bechtel’s role in federal plans for uranium enrichment prompted questions about conflicts of interest and political clout.
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