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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. It operates as a local daily newspaper serving Vermont readers with news, notices, and community information.
Editorial notes Gov. Richard A. Snelling must marshal scarce managerial power to push his programs through a session shadowed by Republican Senate and Democratic House factions. It cites clashes with Attorney General Diamond over nuclear storage, controversy over an Alden Buckley vote, and Speaker O Connors balancing act. It warns of partisan cloak over three months of action.
Banter over the Banana Belt designation pits readers against Windham and Bennington counties. The discussion questions where the belt lies and who qualifies as “firsts” in Vermont politics, with mentions of Governor Tom Salmon and Lieutenant Governor John S. Burgess. A humorous proposal declares Windham County the Pineapple Belt if given exclusive rights.
A letter notes the Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce is sampling public opinion by offering a printed ballot for shoppers to state their preference on Thursday or Friday store hours. The aim is to guide merchants in their decision based on public choice.
The Rockefeller commission and Congress add a new charge against the CIA, and the handling of this charge will test Theodore Sorensen's ability to restore public confidence while preserving and strengthening intelligence work.
Newsday reports links between the CIA and an alleged virus introduction into Cuba aimed at pigs. An outbreak followed, prompting mass slaughter of pigs. Regardless of confirmation, calls grow to prevent CIA involvement in such acts.
The Bennington Museum’s 1789 Queen Anne highboy opens a window into Asahel Jarvis and Captain Ebenezer Newell. Probate records, inventories, and church rolls illuminate a Berkshire County, Massachusetts, family’s life, finances, and social roles in the Revolutionary era.
At a January Chamber meeting the issue of which night merchants should stay open was discussed with no decision. Since May 1976 area merchants shifted to Thursday openings to boost sales and reactions vary. A clip-out ballot will appear in the Pennysaver and The Banner to gather public opinion, returnable to the Chamber office or any member store. Final decision expected at the February 2 merchants meeting. David J Newell Executive Director.
A letter criticizes the coffee boycott as self centered and argues price hikes reflect long term exploitation of Brazil and other Third World nations. The writer links higher coffee costs to broader shifts toward self sufficiency and warns Americans ignore root causes of social problems. Alfred Bredenberg and a second reader ponder national identity and the notion of being Number One.
A narrator recounts a quirky tale of people claiming numbers by finger extensions, from Hess who is Number 38 to Mrs. Schirmerhorn as 97. Detectives led by Number 118 654 318 investigate the narrator’s own number, concluding he sits between 208 and 216 million, provoking questions of status and belonging in a satirical meditation on identity and numbers.
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