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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1973
Page
5
In Charlotte and Raleigh Durham during a gasless Sunday observers note speed limits, closed stations, and scarce gas. The piece questions oil import fights, who profits, and whether the crisis will spur mass transit while urging patience as Americans ponder blame and remedies amid a potential economic pinch.
John Spargo suffers minor injuries in a car crash near West Woodstock while returning from Holderness School. Vermont debates repeal of Prohibition as a special session may set liquor laws. Christmas Club savings rise to 390,800 with 59,000 more than last year. Deer kill tally reaches 4267. Hoff named U S special representative to Zanzibar independence celebration. Manchester receives a major anonymous hospital ambulance gift. A timeline of historic events from 1776 to 1972 noted.
A parody piece portrays President Donder N. Blitzen in a news conference blaming typographical errors for crisis reports. He mocks fuel shortages with gruel, jokes about a scarab boycott, a Wildlife Olympics, and gnu birth rates, and ends by chatting with a mirror after the briefing.
Judith M. Buechner of Rupert argues against prizes for biggest deer and praises humane restraint. She recalls a demeaning encounter with an unposted hunter and urges prizes for the sickest, arguing deer health and herd balance require less trophy obsession.
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