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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner explains CVPS’s new billing structure mandated by the Public Service Board. It outlines energy and capacity charges, summer versus winter differences, and the controversial flat customer charge critics say represents company overhead.
The piece critiques CVPS billing, urging simpler, transparent charges showing usage, unit cost and total due. It argues energy costs will rise, urges conservation, and contrasts domestic energy challenges with a humorous compare of McDonald’s opposition in Sweden and New York, noting differing views on employment and urban impact.
Oakley M. Frost chairs a Bennington based ad hoc committee detailing a method to address student motivation discipline and cost. The proposal emphasizes home room governance early releases leadership training and a work gang to replace detention and suspension while involving parents teachers and students in revising educational climate and operations.
A Mt Anthony editorial outlines broad curriculum consolidations and retainments. Core shifts affect physical education, vocational and technical courses, science and social studies, language and arts, and business classes with several subjects merged or dropped to fit staffing and class sizes.
A reader thanks the Rescue Squad, police, Atkins & Gould, and bystanders for swift, courteous aid when she slipped and broke her leg on Saturday January 25 in front of Atkins and Gould. A bystander offered his coat to keep her from the cold water and others eased her discomfort.
A breezy personal column recounts a niece photographing at Mt. Snow and friends vacationing at Skylark cabin amid heavy snows. It muses on seed catalogs for spring, Lincoln’s birthday, St. Valentine’s Day legends, and a note thatGeorge Washington’s birthday will be celebrated early next weekend.
Vermont Senator Robert Stafford returns from Cairo after a three week absence to meet Arab leaders and attend state events in Montpelier Barre and Bradford. Senator Patrick Leahy spoke in the Senate on gasoline allocation and presided over dairy price hearings while recovering from pneumonia. Representative James Jeffords remains in Vermont during recess as Congress votes curb food stamp and oil tariff actions.
Peg Bracken offers lighthearted advice in December Family Circle urging parents to keep kids active by spacing common household items like the TV and refrigerator farther apart. The quip suggests a playful way to motivate exercise while at home during holidays.
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