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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
CBS and the Washington Star say CIA officials discussed attempts or successes in assassinating foreign citizens over the past 15 years. The presidents and Colby are tied to the disclosures, with calls for full accounting and possible criminal probes to avoid a charge of official terrorism and national moral decline.
A tongue in cheek survey proposes questions on highways and roads from a 265 lane east to west highway to a 2 000 light year stellar road and even a bypass around Canada. It ends by asking readers to choose none of the above.
A Maine opinion piece mocks shifting terms for meeting leaders and the word person. The writer argues that chairperson and related forms degrade clarity, noting local Maine uses of cuss and person as loaded terms while lampooning attempts at linguistic emancipation.
The Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences Bennington branch thanks The Banner and Judson Brown for coverage of last week's readings at Park-McCullough House. An winter 1976 session is planned with Robert Sugarman of Shaftsbury selected to manage. He will invite Bennington writers to submit work next fall.
To the Editor The Banner notes broad support for a power referendum across several towns, crediting Liberty Union with boosting LU as a viable third party. It invites residents to a March 8 meeting at the Bennington Library to learn more about LA goals, and to ask questions about their programs.
A Vermont home pot of maple syrup prompts a debate on how to count state economy sectors. The narrator argues manufacturing dominates the gross product at 25.9 percent, while agriculture and tourism are far smaller, noting the Vermont Directory of Manufacturers lists many small firms such as sawmills creameries sign painters and a bee keeper as manufacturers.
The piece outlines a shift toward Kennedy as a potential brokered convention nominee. Governors Rampton Walker and Carey signal openness, while President and Ford hint at a Kennedy revival. It sketches a contested convention with Wallace leading and Kennedy drafted to unify constituencies, amid reactions from Lucey and Rampton about Chappaquiddick.
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