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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 125 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
A critique argues that anti inflation policies rely on failed 1960s tactics like tight money. It contends the main cause of 1974 inflation is shortages in commodities rather than demand, urging measured loosening with targeted reforms in energy, industry, and tax policy, while lamenting congressional inaction.
The article notes about 500 people died in car crashes over the long weekend, far below Independence Day 1972. It credits the 55 mph limit for fewer accidents and less severe injuries, arguing that reduced speeds save lives and should guide any future speed increases.
The United States Navy announced a major mothball fleet reduction, planning to scrap nearly 300 old carriers cruisers and other ships. The move aims to salvage about 20 million dollars from the fleet though original costs were much higher.
The piece notes Fischetti would not buy a patrol boat nor many mothballs. It states the U S reserve fleet will still hold about 536 ships after scrapping, with the active Navy maintaining a large array of battleships carriers and submarines patrolling the seas.
A reader chides the BSD election coverage, questioning how doubt and confusion arose from the names on the checklist in one person’s possession, and questions the state attorney’s involvement in handling election materials and secret investigations of schools. The letter urges staying focused on substantive matters.
A writer accuses the state's attorney of inaction on Mt Anthony board elections after lawyers deemed illegality and 800 residents protested the wrong. The Banner's school election coverage is challenged as partisan, with claims the local political machine engineered two BSD election attacks to deter voting and force a new election.
A Bennington elm in Center White Creek Baptist Church yard is named the state’s largest of its kind, with 26 feet five inches circumference and 92 feet height. Another giant cottonwood grows on Lucious Cary’s Schaghticoke farm, measuring 25 feet 10 inches around and 98 feet tall. Also mentions a 16 foot circumference white Creek area shagbark and a Bennington Lions Club thanks volunteers for a mobile testing event held June 27 to July 2.
The author cites David G. Leach on education for leisure, urging citizens to cultivate sensibilities through plants and beauty. He describes Henry Raymore’s Arlington property with multiple gardens both outside and inside, noting pruning, borders, and diverse blooms. The piece praises thoughtful landscaping as productive leisure and civic inspiration.
A collage of remarks from public figures on national symbols, UFOs, Nixon, and a Chicago police shooting. The piece centers on Peter Flynn’s cod bill, J Allen Hynek’s UFO center, John Kenneth Galbraith’s Oklahoma speech, and John Birch Society claims about Elmer Gertz. It notes Justice Powell rejecting those false Bircher claims and a $50,000 libel award to Gertz.
A public debate on libel per se features Justice White defending broad damages for reputational harm while the majority led by Justice Powell pushes retrial over proving actual damages. White cites historical caution against unpredictable jury awards, while Powell warns against suppressing unpopular speech. The text also includes a comic exchange about Adam and Eve and a telephone joke, illustrating a mix of constitutional argument and humor.
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