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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
Kissinger announces a radical shift in US policy toward developing nations at NATO talks in Brussels. The United States commits $1 billion to boost food production, agrees to an international grain reserve, and supports price-stabilizing agreements for raw materials. He argues a world economy must include both developing and developed countries to ensure reliable supplies of food, energy, and materials.
Alaska becomes first state to legalize private marijuana use with Supreme Court support citing home privacy. The piece notes oil pipeline growth, local recreation funding efforts in Manchester and Arlington, and humor about Betty Ford and the famous Air Force One stumble. It ends with a light joke about the presidential tumble.
A letter to The Banner argues against moving Memorial Day from the last Monday in May to May 30. It notes the Senate approval, House inaction, and urges Vermonters to contact their representatives to preserve three day weekends. The writer, sharing a personal Memorial Day visit, rejects the May 30 date as historically unfounded and less meaningful.
A letter argues against observing Memorial Day on Fridays or Mondays and urges legislation to fix the date, praising Monday holidays for tourism and economy. It also thanks responders to a recent emergency, including fire, police, rescue, Red Cross, hospital staff, and Miss Barbara Cushman, ending with a personal resolution to avoid electric blankets.
Betty Wanderels and Kathy Link thank Shaftsbury mothers for snacks and activities in the children’s story hour. A $30 check was sent to the Shaftsbury Fire Department for use of the firehouse, with gratitude to the department. Robert F. Thompson signs from Burlington.
Dispatch from Friendship, Maine recounts restoring a boy’s old jackknife, discussing bevels and sharpening, and reflecting on how attitudes toward knives have changed. The piece notes FBI crime stats placing knives high in lethality and ponders whittling’s faded virtue and simple, quiet craft.
In Searsburg area a July night shows an eclipse over Mt Stratton and Glastonbury Ridge as a couple watches with binoculars. The piece pivots to a garden update from June noting peas, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, onions, beets, carrots, Swiss chard and beans in progress. It ends with relaxed reflections on summer leisure and visitors from New Jersey and New York, including a journalist and a nurse involved in organic farming.
The piece argues 75 of 99 senators ordered Kissinger to stand with Israel and redefine U.S. policy, labeling him an errand boy and stating the Senate would bar any flexible diplomacy. It portrays behind the scenes conflict with Rabin and Sadat, and questions Kissinger's maneuver room and credibility with both Israeli and Arab leaders.
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