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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1973
Page
3
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 0520t, outlining its distribution pattern and address.
The Vermont uniform Motor Vehicle Code now bans hitchhiking on streets and highways. Critics warn of many youths facing court, while supporters propose official hitch-hiking zones on streets like North and Hunt to provide safe pickup spaces near schools and neighborhoods.
Last night at the newly managed Harte Theatre a young audience member mocked the venue as it showed Deliverance with graphic violence and a perverted sex scene. The operators Ken Brothwell and Joanne Rice renovated the building and plan weekend children’s matinees, hoping for renewal while critics urge age restrictions on violent films.
The piece critiques Arthur Burns as the Federal Reserve chief economist for suggesting “Let them eat cheese” amid rising prices. It argues cheese costs, especially imported Roquefort or Brie near $3 a pound, and cottage cheese remains scarce and dear. The column mocks budget choices and notes broader price pressures including corn flakes and water.
A reader letter argues the United States should not seek 2.5% billion reparations from Russia and China or pay postwar debts. It contends the U.S. acted to aid a small nation under SEATO and questions paying or borrowing funds while highlighting costs from the war and the casualties. Glendale, California.
A fictitious 1978 Austin item reports Madalyn Slarry O Murray filing to ban religious services in all churches nationwide, arguing tax exemption makes churches government funded and prayer should be forbidden, reflecting a satirical News of the Future angle.
G William Hamilton Rep Dist 32 from Montpelier outlines a House reapportionment plan balancing geography and socio economic patterns. The proposal suggests two multi member districts one per county with single member districts within Bennington Pownal Brattleboro and Hockingham, aiming to favor Pownal and align lines within town boundaries.
A reader criticizes an editorial condemning students who booed Coy Salmon. The author says respect is earned by honoring notable individuals, but only when genuine admiration exists, and proposes adding an eleventh commandment to honor children.
The narrator revisits the Montpelier Pavilion of the Vermont Historical Society and narrates a ghostly, time-twisting tour. He describes headless forms, antique displays, octagonal rooms, and staff in motion as the past seems to come alive amid relics, a parlor, and a working library.
The Governor’s Commission on Status of Women and 25 groups applaud Vermont Legislature for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment after a decade of study and debate. Vermont is the 28th state to ratify, joining peers in expanding political participation for women and signaling future leadership runs.
Lenore Whitman McNeer of the Governor's Commission on Status of Women in Montpelier argues President Nixon should reconsider amnesty for war objectors and the Peace Corps. She says most objectors acted from moral conviction and would have served if the country were in the right.
The speaker criticizes wartime swagger and praises ordinary courage. In Bangladesh, a Peace Corps volunteer named David helps villagers dig a new well, witnessing swollen bellies from worm infections and the workers’ daily toil under the hot sun, challenging the notion that aid trips are mere junkets.
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