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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1973
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial notes confusion in the Vermont House over the Land Capability Plan and its amendments. It recalls Act 230’s origins in Bennington and Windham counties where hearings show strong views on Act 250, with residents preferring its intact operation and enforcement.
A letter urges Bennington residents to back the Rescue Squad with cash contributions and volunteers. It highlights 17 dedicated members serving 10 years while handling hospital transports, on-site emergencies, and community events. The piece notes public gratitude and warns that increased local support could ease on call demands for volunteers.
The National Gallery of Art announces 18 works including five Vermeers a Rembrandt and a Gainsborough are reclassified as in the style or by the school of. The move follows scientific tests and shifts in scholarly opinion. Donated by Andrew Mellon in 1941 these pieces once valued in the millions now have value by the square foot. The piece notes FBI probes at other museums and warns museums to verify authenticity before public display.
Vermont leaders wrestle with Nixon budget cuts and the use of revenue sharing to fund human services and tax relief. Governor Salmon pushes property tax relief while lawmakers push for broader funding, including dental care for children, amid fiscal uncertainty in 1974.
A letter to the editor urges expanded Bennington Rescue Squad membership noting only 17 on call and limited nightly coverage. The piece laments impact on members families and social life, requests donations, and stresses the squad’s 24/7 service.
Lyndon Johnson spoke of Vietnam and TVA links while both Johnson and Nixon administrations used the phrase binding up wounds. The piece notes political divides over Vietnam policy, McGovern’s stance, and how American responses abroad reveal deeper U.S. political tensions and public attitudes.
On Tuesday March 20 at 7:30 p m in Room 5 the Senate Education Committee chaired by Sen Ellery Purdy will hear concerns on a bill submitted by Sen Herbert Ogden of Windsor County The measure would allow communities to use inter school tuition at elementary and secondary levels The committee has recommended passage and the meeting invites amendments and support.
A driver reported a State Police cruiser passing on a dangerous curve near Arlington while rushing to an accident scene. The cruiser traveled about 70 mph on the left of a double solid line without warning, prompting questions about immunity from standard driving safety rules.
Helena Moore of Hicks Avenue writes a lyric dream of a quaint attic house with a brown chimney a sunlit fireplace and a warm bed from Dublin. She prays to Saint Patrick and Saint Kevin while awaiting divine patience as night voices and wild birds echo from Meath hills.
The essay reflects on how American history is written through land and industry. It traces explorers, inventors, and captains of industry from Boone to Edison, cotton gin to reaper, Bessemer steel to railroads, showing how machines and settlement transformed the plains, forests, and rivers and reshaped the people who lived there.
A businessman and an associate fishing near port find lobsters in a pot. The skipper seizes a buoy, reels in two lobsters, then secretively returns below deck and reappears with a 12 year old Scotch bottle. He hides it in a plastic bag and discards the bag overboard, amid a comic header in the Burlington Free Press digest.
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