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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 125 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece critiques the focus on a so called burning issue echoing McCarthy era tactics. It notes unemployment inflation utility rates and policy fights like land use planning and taxation and the energy commission. It also derides Alex Ray and William Loeb for innuendo and calls for Vermonters to look beyond fringe accusations.
The piece attacks political tactics used against Edmund Muskie in 1972 and faults Bill Loeb for inflammatory editorials. It defends Governor Salmon’s stance on activism, critiques accusations of Communist plots, and urges focus on Vermont’s dairy, farming, and housing challenges rather than national taunts. It ends with the metaphor that red herrings bring indigestion.
Philippe Petit, a 25 year old French aerialist, walked a wire between the 110 story World Trade Center towers in New York City. He crossed four times, sat on the cable, and performed knee bends before being arrested for disorderly conduct and trespassing. He was ordered to juggle for children in a Manhattan park.
A reader reflects on Prohibition’s end and the shift to taverns and six packs in Vermont, then comments on a local Enduro, a visiting vacationer, and editorial views. Multiple correspondents including Edward Corey Shaftsbury and W H Crowder Jr share opinions on public interest and community events.
Frederick W Vogell of Bennington asks The Banner and the Brattleboro Reformer to publish an in depth cost analysis of alcohol on state finances. He lists eight areas including mental health, lost productivity, education funding, divorces, welfare, highway injuries, DWIs, and family budgets, arguing profits from liquor sales obscure societal costs.
A historical sketch recounts the Dorrilites in Windham County led by Dorril a persuaded healer who claimed invulnerability and wore vegetarian, animal product free attire. It also covers the Vermont Pilgrims led by Isaac Bullard who formed a common fund and lived in dirt loving asceticism, later dissolving after a long migratory path.
The piece satirically tests a president’s fitness with extreme questions about toughness and honesty. It envisions an inaugural order to make English official, purge rhetoric, and a three week Cape Cod vacation with Proust before Kissinger talks. It ends with a nightclub vignette reflecting racial discrimination and humor about escalating prices.
A Burlington Free Press opinion piece notes a surge in interest in ancestry driven by the bicentennial and social shifts. It cites U S News & World Report figures on genealogy publications and Boy Scout merit badges, discusses crests and nobility, and suggests many Americans descend from middle and working class Europeans while Mayflower ancestors were often rogues.
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