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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1973
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial lauds Thomas Bradley's election as Los Angeles mayor over Sam Yorty, noting a white, middle class city shifts toward a low key liberal reformer. Bradley builds broad support across precincts, while Yorty’s campaigns and missteps failed to sway voters.
Editor notes that AM TRAK Montrealer served towns on the east side plan work bees to spruce up stations. North Bennington hosts an open house at the restored north village station for nostalgia and discussion of future rail travel in the area. Local reaction mentions Watergate hearings and the Sleeman Area Recreation Center uproar as tax reappraisal chatter looms.
Letters question why a Monday meeting was closed to the public and who authorized the move. Debates center on appraisal legality and whether vendors or residents should have been present. A second letter praises Dr. Richard Sleeman for his work on the community center and supports naming it the Sleeman Building.
Priscilla Weir and Charlotte A Foucher critique closed meetings and propose a public naming contest for the Sleeman Recreation Center. They urge opening the process to taxpayers, honoring all contributors with a plaque, and delaying a single-person memorial in favor of community input.
A reader criticizes the Bennington Park and Recreation Committee for delaying fund raising and naming debates. She questions priorities and urges action on the gymnasium auditorium project, asking where progress stands and calling for a prioritized list of tasks.
Letter to selectmen asks for names to be etched on the pool project as memorials for donor contributions. The writer requests a construction worker to inscribe D R C Cameron Hoaslek N Y initials in cement at the pool’s bottom as a remembrance of the donation.
In a letter to the editor Howard Therrien of Pownal derides renaming the Community Recreation Center to the Sleeman Area Community Center. He mocks egoism and suggests renaming the men’s and women’s test rooms as Sleeman Ball Rooms, calling the idea ridiculous.
A Virginia car wash story follows a customer trapped inside a failing machine. Water and soap engulfed him as brushes loomed like monsters. He finally escaped outside as frigid air hit him, while the attendant urged hurry and blamed the delay.
A Middlebury father guides his son through career planning in Vermont, debating job prospects in farming, service industries, and recreation. They reference U S Labor Department and Vermont Employment Security data on nonmanufacturing and nonfarm sectors, noting service occupations dominate while recreation jobs appear limited.
An observant critique condemns the Indy 900 for deadly crashes and burn injuries. Two men dead, several wounded, fans camp outside for action as officials rushed safety and rain delays. Swede Savage, Armando Teran, and Art Pollard feature in a grim tally of mayhem.
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