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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1973
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is printed daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The 245 page Dean statement to the Ervin committee allegedly shows enough legal basis for impeachment. Dean implicates the president in Watergate by aiding a coverup and pressuring witnesses. The piece portrays a power driven group and questions Nixon's awareness and judgment. Impeachment remains unlikely but possible if charges hold.
The Bennington School District budget failed at the polls amid local confusion over reappraisal and tax concerns. Voters, unhappy with rising property taxes and unclear tax shifts, undermined the proposal, leaving the BSD board to revisit the budget amid broad voter frustration.
Editor notes Rep Richard W Mallary continues to press for halting bombing in Cambodia. He joined the House majority to end funding for further bombing now. The New England delegation largely supported the move, except for two New Hampshire members.
An opinion piece compares Strangri-La to Eden and notes Vilcabamba in Ecuador where peasants farm drink rum and smoke freely yet many live long. The writer riffes on agriculture, longevity and literature, invoking Tennyson and a fictional native.
The excerpt portrays a rural laborer drifting through repetitive hoeing with only rum and a cigarette for solace. No modern entertainments or ambitions appear, leaving a bleak sense of existence as the narrator muses on meaning and mortality.
The Watergate hearings shape a crowded field for the 1976 Republican nomination. Howard Baker emerges as a potential rising star, with figures like Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan anchoring the field amid calls for unity. A deadlocked convention remains unlikely as nominations hinge on delegates, primaries, and preconvention organization.
A reader in Montpelier Vermont condemns Gerald Raftery’s ultra conservative If I May Say So column from June 25. The writer calls his views venomous and isolated, arguing McGovern supporters align with Munich attackers and urging readers to recognize his singular perspective.
A reader reports donated clothes at the Salvation Army container near Montgomery Ward in Grant City are left strewn on the ground and uncollected. The writer urges better pickup to prevent waste and preserve donations for those in need.
A letter to the editor dated June 11 from H3 at Safford Street rebukes Jane Pierce over the elderly housing project. The writer denounces Pierce as mean and hateful, vows not to waste ink, and asserts personal contentment with their own apartment.
The Mt Anthony Union High School auditorium hosted a stage band concert on June 6. The group delivered strong performances with numbers like Spinning Wheel, Dialogue Parts I and II, Ironside, and Mr Tuba, showing notable style for their first effort. The review anticipates future promising concerts from the band.
Ethan Allen emerged to lead settlers opposing New York grants in the disputed Vermont lands. Facing quit rents and rival surveys, farmers united with Connecticut proprietors to defend their holdings. A commemorative marker near Murphy Road honors Allen and the birth of Vermont independence.
CBS correspondent Dan Rather urges police to reopen the last year break-in at his Washington home citing Watergate disclosures. He notes similarities to the Democratic National Committee break‑in and admits his earlier dismissal, now wary of potential connections and lessons from the Watergate case.
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