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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial laments confusion over daylight saving shifts and school start times. It criticizes SVSU for indecision amid a snowstorm and varied announcements about school openings, urging clearer plans for future year round time use.
The New England Power Co in Massachusetts asks a rate adjustment that raises kilowatt charges whenever total use drops below normal. The plan ensures revenue even as customers save, reflecting utilities' struggle with austerity after years of urging higher electricity use. Monopolies limit consumer alternatives if prices rise.
Comedian Jack Benny fights the IRS over deductions for original scripts and papers donated to a California university library. The IRS questions ownership and fair market value, drawing a parallel to politicians like Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey and their use of deductions. A second note recalls Florida's gas shortage ads aimed at tourists, contrasting travel ease from Seattle or Canada with Vermont’s gasoline woes.
In a Sunday Sixty Minutes segment the program explored tax loopholes with Johnny Unitas admitting a 60 percent tax on 400000 dollars annual income. It highlighted investments like motels and low income housing as ways to reduce taxes and questioned the moral impact of such strategies. The piece concludes with calls for moral reform, stronger education, and a rejection of viewing government as an abstract target.
Profiles from the Past recounts a Dorset Weymouth Grants convention of January 16 1776 planning to decide on New York law, defense of titles, and action against mere mob disorder. It notes Heman Allen's mission to Philadelphia, debates on representation, a remonstrance to Congress, and the move toward independence with 31 towns and 51 delegates culminating in the Grants’ first official act toward self rule.
A Vermont reader appeals to lawmakers and the liquor board to extend alcohol service hours to 3 a.m. The letter notes nightlife at the racetrack draws patrons to New York bars after midnight, causing losses in Vermont and extra travel. The writer argues extended hours would reduce gas use and accidents by preventing cross state trips.
A reader letter attacks a state bottle ban as harmful to small grocers, arguing it drains beverage sales to New York and creates health and safety concerns from open cans and bottles. The writer urges bar and grocer groups to mobilize against the policy.
A reader in Arlington criticizes The Banner for anti Nixon editorials and urges publication of the president's positive actions. The writer cites Canadian Gordon Sinclair and warns of potential toilet tissue shortages affecting newspaper usage.
Worthington's Newsletter argues that if all the oil poured on troubled waters over the years had been redirected, energy and cooperation might improve stability and warmth in broader relations.
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