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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1977
Page
5
The sudden cold snap renews debate over heating fuels in Brooklin Maine. George Ray of Ellsworth compares costs for hardwood, No 2 and No 1 fuel oil, coal, electricity, LP gas, and annual costs for 1000 gallons of oil or 6.81 cords of wood, noting oil often dominates but wood and coal have rising prices and that costs depend on handling and individual effort.
Letter to The Banner from Vermont Episcopal clergy and laity opposing ordination of women to priesthood and episcopate. They state their commitment to traditional Catholic faith, noting collaboration with Episcopal Church and Anglican Church in Canada and participation in interdiocesan meetings in Albany and the First Province.
A Springfield Massachusetts Episcopal group reports sending delegates to the Coalition for the Apostolic Ministry in Chicago on December 1 and 2. The bishops’ covenant declares support for male priesthood and rejects ordination of women to episcopate and priesthood as lacking Apostolic authority. The letter, signed by clergy and lay leaders including Chelsea and Megaera Vittum Fitch, urges laity to join in restoring the historic faith and order.
Lyman Allen urges Vermont to intervene in Vermont Yankee's NRC petition to triple on site radioactive waste capacity. Attorney General Diamond notes staff drafting a preliminary petition with a January 10 deadline, while calls prompt readers to contact Gov Snelling in Montpelier to support state action.
A compact roundup recounts sharp words and misstatements from 1976 figures across politics and media. It names Ronald Reagan Richard Schweiker Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Robert Dole John Tunney Hayakawa Wayne Hayes Elizabeth Ray Bernhard Earl Butz George Brown and others in offhand remarks and missteps.
Winners are Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Taylor of Lincoln Street after the birth of a daughter on New Year’s Day. Bennington community sends well wishes as the baby is unnamed. The item sits among civic notes and a local stockholders meeting reviewing 1936 gains and Bennington’s improving industrial conditions.
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