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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1973
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays. It is published by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 424 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Editorial questions CVPS claim that a new power adjustment fee will curb inflation while customers face about a 16 percent increase. The letter from CVPS president James I. Griffin explains the timing from Aug 13, but readers note the impact multiplies over billing periods and nuclear costs. The piece criticizes the lack of hearings and calls the toll free number inaccessible, urging scrutiny of the rate change.
The United States faces a delicate dilemma as Arab nationalization and pressure on oil supplies threaten reliance on imports from Canada Nigeria and the Middle East. Editorial urges neutrality and steadfast support for Israel while resisting bribery and advocating alternative energy research.
A pair of prose poems describe dawn light piercing rocks, diesel scent, and an inward journey along straight rails. The scene holds orange salamanders, drifting stones, and a cold mountain awaiting trains until evening. The speaker hears the silence as a message about the soul facing passage through many engines toward a distant light.
A fragmentary, poetic meditation comparing the soul to an eagle hovering over a canyon. The speaker rejects a swift ascent and envisions a fragile, voice-filled being spun from hollow bones and piercing screams. The imagery contrasts dark canyon walls with white clouds and a longing for freedom.
Mrs Kenneth Hewes Sr of Manchester Center voices concern over the state bottle return policy. She cites farmers, independents, and chains losing business to New York and Oregon, questions the governor's stance, and argues for return to fair beverage sales and even a revisit of Prohibition era ideas.
A reader letter from Walt and Pat Hazelton at 212 Washington Ave advocates Marriage Encounter weekends as a crash course in expressing feelings. They claim it greatly improved their marriage and urge other couples to attend, noting letters of 200 words or less are preferred and signatures and addresses are required.
Eyewitness account describes 1774 efforts led by Colonel Allen Amos Bird and Philip Skene to create a new royal colony centered on Lake Champlain with Skenesboro as capital. Skene lobbied London for governorship, but rising colonial unity and anti royal sentiment doomed the scheme. Skene then built a regional road network shaping northern Vermont's settlement path.
A harsh jab at Jeb Stuart Magruder as a paid speaker, billing himself for September and October at two thousand dollars per talk while recounting his perjury and links to Watergate figures. The piece mocks the public’s appetite for scandal and notes other high priced speakers and political stalwarts.
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