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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The strip-mining control bill draws Ford administration into debate over environmental safeguards and funding for reclamation. Interior Secretary Morton and EPA head Train shifted toward support after cost misgivings, while Zarb favored veto. The White House wavered between signing and delaying, with Congress adjourned and a potential pocket veto looming. This 134 days into the Ford presidency marks a public policy confusion milestone.
A Manchester Center man reacts with surprise on finding only one mailbox in town. He learns nearby Manchester Village has a Post Office and that Manchester Depot once did too. The piece notes Vermont’s rural charm lies in such scarce city amenities.
The Burlington Free Press comments on Vermont’s light snowfall Christmas gift easing ski business and unemployment lines, notes potential cost cuts in Bennington town government, and reports U.S. Rep-elect James Jeffords naming a 12 member staff funded from his expense allowance while planning to live in a Winnebago in Washington.
A Letter to the Editor argues the Vermont economy lags behind the nation due to state policy, Act 250, and tourism setbacks. It cites declines in manufacturing employment from 44,000 in 1966 to 37,700 in 1971, slow bank growth, and high taxes. It criticizes Gov Salmon for discouraging tourism and investment, calls for less bureaucracy and smaller government to avert a deeper downturn.
William Andrus of the Green Mountain Boys in Manchester Depot criticizes state growth and staffing as excessive. He says Vermont funds overstate bureaucracy and urges replacing imported officials with Vermonters, calling for reforms and a purge of top echelon waste.
A near two foot tall gift, The Gardener's Catalogue, a large newsprint compilation in the vein of the Whole Earth Catalogue. Victorian engravings, plant images, sections on cacti to roses, reprints of USDA pamphlets and Organic Gardening writings, with a buyers guide for Canadian gardeners and a 1918 Home Drying Manual. Published by William Morrow and Co. last month, price six dollars ninety five cents, 320 pages, available at Bradford Books on North Street.
A retrospective look at Vermont philanthropists highlighting the Webb family donors to Shelburne Museum, the Proctor line, and especially the Fairbanks of St Johnsbury. It celebrates Erastus and Thaddeus Fairbanks for their inventions, public service, education endowments, and enduring legacies in Athenaeum, Art Gallery, and Fairbanks Museum.
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