Bennington Banner Editorials Notebook
Editorials from The Bennington Banner discuss local issues and community affairs with the paper’s Vermont perspective. The item reflects daily editorial stance and civic concerns framed by the Banner Publishing Corporation from Bennington.
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Carter stakes drift on breeder reactors in Senate vote
The Senate rejected cutting Clinch River breeder reactor funding, approving 75 million for the project and signaling Congress will prefer a slower pace. The piece notes the broader political gamble over U.S. plutonium plans and the implications for signals to Japan and Europe regarding reactor development. It also critiques the economics of subsidies for reprocessing and the wider issue of profitability without a uranium shortage.
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90 day wonders and a doomed coastal patrol ship tale
A WWII era story follows a young ensign and his raw crew aboard a coastal patrol vessel from Newport. Forced into action against a surfaced submarine, the ship wrecks after an ill fated admiral's visit, revealing a mismanaged ship cleanup. The tale ends with the admiral's visit and the vessel sinking, leaving the ensign reassigned.
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Pearl Harbor
U.S.A
Washington
U.S. Navy Reserve
Newport
R.I
Good Old America
U.S
U.S. Navy
Navy
Newport Harbor
Roadside wildflowers guide and Vermont notes on plantings
A 20 year old note on Kathryn S Taylor’s A Travelers Guide to Roadside Wild Flowers describes 743 species and state lists, highlighting Birdsfoot Trefoil for erosion control, July and August blooms, and roadside flora including white clover, black-eyed Susan, elderberry, chicory, bergamot, mullein, Joe-Pye weed, goldenrod, asters, ferns, and efforts to seed wildflowers along highways coordinated by garden clubs and the New England Wildflower Society under federal highway programs.
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Boston
U.S
Garden Club of America
National Council of State Garden Clubs Inc
Vermont
Ethel Winnik
Edward and
L. Henry Potter
St. John’s Wort
Bennington
New England Wildflower Society
Framingham
Mass
Garden In the Woods
Federal Highway Administration
Wild Flower Society
Federated Garden Clubs
State Highway Department
Burlington
Thanks to circus helpers for Early Childhood Center drive
The Early Childhood Center thanks many local businesses and groups for supporting a fundraiser to extend the center for children with developmental disabilities. Gratitude extends to Dragon's Harrington's Country Store The Magic Sleigh The Bennington College Book Store Bunker Hill Powers' Market Cullinan's Purdy's North Bennington Fire Department New Englander Motel North Bennington trustees Bernie's Trucking and all who sold tickets or attended the King Brothers-Cole circus.
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Early Childhood Center
King Brothers-Cole
Dragon’s
Harrington’s Country Store
Magic Sleigh
Bennington College Book Store
Bunker Hill
Powers’ Market
Cullinan’s
Purdy’s
North Bennington
Watching Carter press conference through a TV image
The essay argues reporters gain objectivity and insight from television coverage over现场 presence. It cites the Carter press conferences as diminishing the print press’s role while audiences heavily rely on TV. It notes unanswered questions and warns that televised media shapes public perception, echoing E B White on television becoming reality.
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