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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1975
Page
5
A witty regional essay contrasts politics and gossip through examples from Marlboro and public life, noting how both sexes now share smoky rooms and how labeling statements as politics or gossip could clarify conversations. It adds nostalgia for stricter gendered divides and jokes about lawmaking on talk topics.
Governor Salmon will submit about 65 appointments for Senate advice and consent. Committees screen candidates with limited home-area input and few alternate options. Readers urged to submit recommendations to the governor and county senators, plus evaluate incumbents up for reappointment.
Twenty seven Bennington Graded Schools students sold three dollars worth or more of Christmas seats with Frederick Woodward in first place at twelve dollars and twenty four cents. Other items include a successful clam supper, Dr. Carl H. Ramm opening a Bennington medical office, a playful Legion dinner for James Holden, coal shortages, a new 25 member Unification Committee, rising high school tuition charges, and state police accident tallies for 1964. Historical notes recall Ford’s assembly line in 1914, the Casablanca WWII conference in 1943, and Spiro Agnew’s disbarment ruling in 1974.
In a reflection on energy, environment and politics, the article contrasts Onassis era tensions in Durham New Hampshire with Bantry Bay Ireland and Wyoming coal strip mining. It questions long term costs of cheap power, the risks of fluorocarbons and ozone, and the need to weigh present gains against future life, jobs, and liberty. It cites Ralf Dahrendorf on growth and urges balancing immediate needs with lasting well being.
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