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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Vermont Health Department taps Dr John Froines a nuclear chemist at Goddard College to lead industrial hygiene amid fears over his Chicago Seven ties. Gov Salmon and Sec Tom Davis approve as opponents decry political history while cooler heads prevail and no riot occurs.
Greenbush Area News notes Victor Rolands discovery that the Battle of Bennington occurred in New York while the memorial lies in Vermont. He proposes uniting the site and monument by moving the monument or redrawing state lines, with a joking plan to relocate the monument to Walloomsac atop the battlefield hill.
A House Judiciary Committee member argues that impeachable offenses must be high crimes not ordinary crimes, challenging Nixon as a common crook over taxes and emoluments. The piece contrasts public outrage with congressmen’s tolerance, then notes a federal survey on mothers’ wash‑and‑wear preferences. It closes with Dorset Vermont selectmen opposing Lye Brook Wilderness for timber value and forestry needs.
A critical, cathartic meditation on Richard Nixon and the impeachment process. The author charges Nixon with deceit and overreach, praises Congress for its impeachment move, and urges the nation to restore faith in the presidency and uphold the founding documents.
The piece outlines Vermonts temperance history from early drinking customs to the rise of statewide prohibition, noting 1806 councils, 1850s laws, and a pledge movement. It cites Horace Greeley as a temperance advocate, the growth of local societies, religious revivals, and debates among clergy, doctors, and bishops. It also mentions distilleries, cider production, and public spending on alcohol before prohibition.
A reader praises Tim Powers Dialogues on abortion and argues a fetus is living human life from conception. The letter challenges pro abortionists and claims abortion cannot be birth control, noting chromosomes prove life and condemning abortion on demand as a lack of responsibility. North Branch Street Extension.
Putney notes argue businessmen may lead Vermont into public ownership of electric and telephone monopolies. Hearings on Central Vermont Company rate hikes show high public costs. advocates say regulation is wasteful and democracy one vote could improve monopoly management. Examples cited include rural electrification cooperatives and Burlington Municipal power.
Cheryl Niederman of Shaftsbury argues against rate hikes proposed by Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power. She contends bankruptcies would not cut electricity, warns of job losses, and urges the Public Service Board to reject any more increases, urging PSB to serve the public, not private utilities.
Charles F C Hawley of Tampa writes about an E Allen drawknife once owned by his father and now a family heirloom. He recalls its long service from New England to Guam and back to Florida, where it sharpens tomato stakes and may pass to his son in good condition.
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