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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Ford energy program relies on oil taxes and rebates with no clear funding for mass transit. Critics warn higher fuel costs may raise bus and subway fares, hurting public transit while the president previously supported transit as an alternative to cars. A separate note discusses Sen. John J. O'Brien seeking a probe of the Vermont ACLU over the Luis M. Ponce Jr. case and defends the ACLU's role in protecting civil rights amid Burlington police shooting questions.
The article notes growing criticism of private utility firms and records how the Tennessee Valley Authority, born in 1933 to develop the Tennessee River basin, was pitched as a yardstick for fair rates. Critics viewed TVA as radical New Deal reform, but its tax advantages blur its comparability to private utilities.
The piece argues TVA faces new criticism from former supporters over alleged environmental insensitivity and higher rates. It notes TVA aims for self financing, with fuel costs driving price rises, suggesting private utilities may also face big rate increases and that public ownership should not be portrayed as inherently subsidized.
Washington column questions U.S. policy in Vietnam two years after the Paris accord. It argues Thieu cannot win or peaceably govern, proposing conditional aid and possible neutralist or communist outcomes. It criticizes ongoing billion-dollar yearly funding and favors market-based oil pricing.
Letters To The Editor urge public support for honoring Paris Peace Agreements and ending U S aid to Thieu and Lon Nol. They cite casualties and refugees since 1969, accuse Ford and Kissinger of violating the treaty, and condemn Thieu for blocking elections while PRG forces counter.
A Bennington reader letter critiques Jan Slusman coverage of the federal Development Act meeting and urges reconsideration of the elderly housing site off South Street. The writer cites the Leader Block at 108 124 Pleasant St as a suitable alternative and notes local water, sewer, and power already in place. The letter references past disputes and describes vandalism, taxes, and a standing housing site offered for sale as is.
In a Mutual Benefit column by Patricia of the Ellsworth Maine American a typical housewife endures a chaotic day on State Street. Fred Beal brings a new TV that won’t fit the old console and the drain, wallpaper, insulation, and ice bind a succession of mishaps. A wood truck gets stuck, furniture shifts, and even a broken tooth and a missing doorknob occur before the cat’s blue paint marks conclude the scene.
A new garden, the Esther M. Parmelee Memorial Garden, has been created near the Bennington Hospital’s new wing. Visitors must endure a long route through corridors to reach the north wing elevators, but the garden offers a calming, evergreen retreat with flowering cherries, stone benches, and a forthcoming fountain. The project honors a generous local benefactor and was designed by garden club members and landscape architect Charles Dewey III.
A protest letter from DAVID ROSS of VVAW WSO Burlington urges end to the war and immediate amnesty for war resisters. It criticizes Ford Nixon Kissinger and McNamara and invites readers to join on the 27th to voice opposition and demand amnesty.
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