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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Vermont Public Service Board has issued multiple rate hikes including 12 percent for Central Vermont Public Service Corp and 20 percent for intrastate long distance calls. CVPS seeks another 18 percent hike, citing Vermont Yankee costs and rising demand. The piece criticizes advertising-driven consumption and calls for restraint in corporate pricing and energy policy, warning inflation and urging action.
The United Fruit Company plans to unload in Albany using spanking white ships and Port of Albany facilities to serve New England and New York State. The move follows criticism of New York docks where 1,185 longshoremen earned 9500 dollars plus 2500 in benefits without working, highlighting industry tensions and union issues.
Editor notes typographical slips in White House release backing Earl L. Butz for agriculture secretary. A quirk-filled piece reviews his stated aim for a new Department with a thrust toward farmers and playfully questions the word choice amid river port imagery. It also mentions Vermont Republican Richard Mallary’s remark on party unity and references tax bill changes to campaign funding.
The departure of Robert S. Babcock Jr., the lone vocal environmental voice in Vermont state government, deepens the rift with Gov. Deane Davis's administration. Babcock resigned after years of clashes over development policy, criticizing the board as unable to take necessary but unpopular stands.
A Vermont reader laments public flogging of officials and agencies. He defends the Forest Service and its six public purposes in National Forests, noting pressures from timber, grazing, mining, and watershed needs. The author urges stopping unwarranted attacks until the issues are understood.
A New York opinion piece argues Taiwan should seek UN membership as an independent state. It contends Taiwan controls 14 million people and should not be barred by claims to historic China. The author warns continued exclusion harms the UN’s legitimacy and suggests Taiwan could join with a statement of waiting for events.
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