Energy Waste Prompts Calls for Conservation Policy Reforms
The Bennington Banner notes a Wall Street Journal report showing the White House used 13 percent more electricity in 1975 than 1974. A Federal Energy Administration visit revealed the conservation director’s office heated to 77 degrees, above the recommended 65 to 68. A Worldwatch Institute study, paid for by the FEA, says the US wasted more energy in 1975 than two-thirds of the world. It urges simpler steps like smaller cars, better insulation, turning off lights, and local energy sourcing to cut consumption without lowering living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wall Street Journal
White House
Journal
Federal Energy Administration
Roger Stant
FEA
United States
Denis Hayes
Worldwatch Institute
Energy Frugality Lags as Ford Budget Blocks Conservation
The report notes Chrysler’s plan to source engines and transmissions from Volkswagen for a U S subcompact, illustrating some leanings toward efficiency while the United States trails Europe in energy reduction since the 1974 oil embargo. It criticizes President Ford for not funding conservation and raising household electricity costs, arguing stronger leadership is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler
Volkswagen
West Germany
U.S
United States
Belgium
Hayes
Ford
White House
Reagan energy quip and pool heat debate in New Hampshire
A Burlington Free Press snip notes Ronald Reagan praising nuclear energy in New Hampshire while dismissing solar. The piece pokes at California’s heat and New England’s need for warmth, joking of moving plants and sunshine, and ends with a chiropractor quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Reagan
New Hampshire
Reagan
California
New England
Spirit in the national anthem To the Editor of The Bammer
A reader argues for preserving the Star Spangled Banner as the nation’s meaningful anthem. He cites composing details and praises Irving Berlin and God Bless America, urging retention of patriotic songs and noting editors' criticisms.
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the Bammer
Joan Roberts
Oklahoma
Joan Hesse
Boone Arledge
Leonard Colletti
Carlo Salvo
Mary Doran Torrey
R.N
Francis Scott Key
God Bless
America
Berlin
Russia
Irving Berlin
Parents Said Driving MAUHS Sports Is Home Based
A reader counters J C Jerome, arguing athletic success at MAUHS stems from parental influence long before school entry. The letter cites Bennington area driveways with hoops, home baseball fields, backyard hockey rinks, and parents supplying bats and gloves, urging focus on home environment over school.
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J.C. Jerome
Jerome
MAUHS
Academics and athletics in family life
The piece argues parents should prioritize academic excellence alongside athletics, urging daily conversation to focus on politics and ideas rather than sports stars. It urges children be programmed for study, reading, and writing to balance athletic prestige with scholastic achievement.
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MAUHS
Willie Mays
Bob Cousey
Joe Namath
Eliot Richardson
Morris Udall
Ralph Nader
Daniel Moynihan
Celtics
Vikings
Henry VIII
Vermonters Sound Off On Taxes And Public Life At Rutland Forum
A Rutland legislative forum highlights Vermont citizens concerns with taxes dominating letters to editors. The sample from eight Vermont papers shows 150 letters, far larger per capita than national polls, with Windsor County Senator Herbert Ogden most active. Topics range from ERA to energy, Dartmouth to daily life, many letters posed questions and many non political missives praised local events and history.
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Rutland
House
Windsor County
Herbert Ogden
Ogden
Vermont Yankee
Guilford
Salmon
Burns
Environmental Conservation Agency
Wayne Carlson
Vermont
Canada
Carlson
Londonderry
Earth
Montpelier
SALT politics and the arms race in 1976
Secretary of State Kissinger shifts focus from SALT 2 talks to a heated Washington debate over whether a SALT 2 agreement is desirable and what impact it would have. Analysts argue SALT 1 did not curb arms growth, as both sides ditch ABMs and push cruise missiles, while concerns rise about future shifts in Soviet and Chinese postures and the looming Pentagon budget.
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Henry Kissinger
Moscow
Washington
United States
Kissinger
U.S
Peking
James R. Schlesinger
Pentagon
America
Congress
Ford
Donald Rumsfeld
Capitol Hill
Schlesinger
Ford Administration
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Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Hothouse
Lbj
Fair Exchange
Burlington Free Press
Dudley
Judy Blakely
Topping Tavern
Blakelys
Boarshead Rd
Hopkins, Minn
William A. Blacock
Anacreon
John Stafford Smith
Katherine Lee Bates
Samuel A. Ward
Arlington
Africa
Silk Road
Pulse of
Middlebury
Malvine Cole
John McLaughry
John O’brien
Gladys Lodge
Dorset
State Department of Energy
Joseph C. Harsch
Europe
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
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