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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 125 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
An unusual Washington meeting will urge state utility commissioners to grant inflationary rate increases to private utilities. The administration delayed the session to avoid appearing to press for higher rates, but aims to pressure regulators to approve higher charges while discussing energy equity and a shift away from volume-based discounts for large customers. The session underscores the fraught effort to curb inflation amid powerful industry influence.
Editor notes highlight Bennington’s Sunday parade as candidates ride in convertibles and fire trucks. The Green Mountain Boys advertise to oppose state land use changes Act 250 and tax breaks. Bennington Planning Commission resists zoning changes, warning against spot zoning that would undermine zoning effectiveness.
Opinion pieces claim Peanut Kennedy risks Vermont voters by targeting John Fraines and Goddard Prof. Lee Webb. Critics say his vow to oust Froines and his McCarthy-like charges threaten merit appointments and stir fear, hurting Salmon's moderate base and Kennedy's own standing.
A release attacks Salmon for appointing Webb to the energy commission, charging political poison and questioning Kennedy's honor for sitting with Webb without protest. Webb calls Peanut a good friend as supporters urge moderates toward a Salmon alternative and suggest firing campaign manager Ray for the release.
Former New York City mayor John Vliet Lindsay will portray a United States senator in a movie directed by Otto Preminger. The report prompts questions about whether actors should enter politics or vice versa and notes the global impact of oil wealth and rising energy dependence.
George F. Will offers a suite of modest proposals for President Ford. He argues for Gen. Alexander Haig to be reassigned to defense or diplomacy, criticizes White House staff busyness, and urges Ford to travel to Capitol Hill and adopt simpler, more human routines. He suggests Ford attend church at St. John’s near Lafayette Square and questions the film Patton as an example of presidential indulgence.
UPI reports the American Safety Belt Council pushes belt use laws while suggesting air bags may be unnecessary if everyone buckled up. A columnist recalls inventor Wally Fiddleworth’s idea: a car tank holding an octopus that allegedly grips occupants in a crash, though he concedes the system isn’t perfected.
In a Jamaica column the author cites Izaak Walton to argue that fishing offers calm amid political upheaval. Walton’s life endured plague wars and near arrest, yet he remained contemplative, turning to the stream for peace. The piece champions the bypath of contemplation for solving collective stress.
An essay argues that presidential papers are not mere private property. Since Nixon, the question is whether departing presidents may take official records and tape recordings, or if copies must remain to preserve national memory. It cites libraries and archives as the proper custodians, despite tradition and law.
A Playboy feature notes a new ecology bumper sticker reading Eat a Beaver Save a Tree. The provocative slogan prompts discussion on environmental messaging and wildlife considerations as a playful critique of conservation rhetoric.
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