Rates Down Now Urges Vermont Public Service Board
A Pownal letter to the Public Service Board criticizes Central Vermont Public Service for high electric bills and billing practices. Susan J. Gero and John V. Gero urge action to reduce rates, citing bills rising from 36.75 to 111.28 and warning of financial hardship for workers and families. They compare utility squeezes to historic hardships and plead for relief to avoid further welfare need.
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Vermont Public Service Board
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Pownal
No vote urged to lower Mt Anthony union high budget
A Letter to the Editor from Donald L. Moffitt of Shaftsbury argues rising costs strain wages and urges residents to vote No on Feb 25 to reduce MAUHS funding. He cites higher fuel, utilities, and food prices and warns fixed incomes and future retirement. The piece frames a call for austerity and citizen pressure on school directors.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Snow and Wind Across Mountain Winter Life
An elderly prospector recalls snowbound mountains and how snow shapes ski country and travel. The piece contrasts dangers and beauty of snow, wind, and seas, noting plows, mills, and remote camps, with enduring fires, coffee, and warmth as behavior adjusts to winter’s power.
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Colorado
Stratton Mountain
Bennington Banner Description and Publishing Details
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201. This record notes the newspaper’s operating pattern and address for inquiries and deliveries.
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The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Budget Plea For Mt Anthony School Vote
A Friday Banner letter urges Tuesday support for Mt Anthony School budget of 3.2 million dollars next year. It defends cuts, defends safety repairs, and argues secrecy in voting places responsibility on voters to back the district’s only secondary school with 2,189 students.
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Mt. Anthony
North Bennington
Robert McWaters
MAU
Bendi
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Wealth Flows Through Town In a Brief Commercial Burst
Bennington saw a sudden surge of wealth as a baby blue Lincoln Continental drew attention on Main Street. Speculation swirled about owners and profits from oil, uranium, and blockbuster films, but the moment passed and the town settled back to ordinary conditions.
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Bennington
Main Street
King Faisal
Rite-Aid
Shaffe’s
Evans
OPEC
Ehrlichman seeks alternative service instead of jail
John Ehrlichman’s lawyer told Judge Sirica he would not appeal if his client could perform alternative service for Pueblo Indians in New Mexico. The judge appeared unmoved by the plea, and the WSJ raised its newsstand price to 25 cents, prompting a reader’s grim remark about rising costs and a sense of growing poverty.
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John Ehrlichman
Sirica
New Mexico
Wall Street Journal
WSJ
Public Power Meeting in Bennington on Feb 24
Liberty Union sponsors a 7:30 p.m. meeting at St. Peter's Church to discuss public ownership of utilities. Nancy Kaufman and others address rate hikes and a town ballot measure urging action to reduce electric rates and convert private utilities to local cooperatives.
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Liberty Union
Nancy Kaufman
Martha Abbott
John Franco
Bernard Sanders
Bennington
St. Peter’s Church
Pleasant
School Streets
Shaftsbury
Vermont
Public Service Board
Cheryl Niederman
MAUHS budget faces cuts and possible thesis on inflation
The Banner letters discuss Mt. Anthony Union High School budget increases of 14 percent amounting to $405,923, with key expense rises in plant operations and fixed charges. The writer argues a budget defeat would force program and staff cuts, including football and Bennington programs, but notes the need to preserve MAUHS funding to avoid larger student impacts and higher ratios.
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Banner
Mt. Anthony Union High
Father wins 100 at Drake Relays remembered in stand
A narrator recalls his father racing in a fairground 100 yard dash, stealing from the field to win by yards, then returning to family, while reflecting on memory, meaning, and what children recall. A shopper mocks butcher prices as competition plays out in a humorous aside sourced from American Legion Magazine.
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First Congregational Church
Middle West
Father
Mother
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the Banner
K.w.h
Cv’s
Susan J.gero
John V. Gero
RFD
Donald L. Moffitt
George B. Gordon
Jamaica
Sierras
Adirondacks
Maine
Bennington Banner
Edward Fitzgerald
Mr. Ehrlichman
Mrs. Onassis
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Conservative Party
MAUHS
Joseph H. Hall
Mark D. Altschule
Harvard Medical School
Washington
Fairgrounds
Dubuque
Town
Tom Braden
By Tom Braden
American Legion Magazine
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