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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 125 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The article outlines a partisan clash over impeachment, with Nixon campaigning to sway potential jurors and House leaders like Rep. Mills shaping the process. It notes the impeachment jury is Congress, not a court, and predicts a heated, divisive year as charges and rhetoric mount.
Editor notes recount Sen George D Aiken’s stamina as he taps the gavel and shatters the glass top during a Vermont Legislature session. The piece pairs references to Nixon Goodell Buckley and Buckley calling for Nixon’s resignation, plus a critique of unused gasoline ration coupons and potential theft.
Ralph Nader spoke to an overflowing Williams College audience on energy policy and PIRG, delivering a dense extemporaneous talk. He urged creating a federal energy corporation to counter oil interests, critiqued nuclear power and the Price Anderson Act, and urged citizens to engage with local, state, and federal governance.
Nixon staged a weekend public relations push from the Grand Ole Opry to a Norman Vincent Peale sermon, touting a Southward appeal while facing Watergate fallout. Ford warns on cooperation, indictments mount, and impeachment looms as taxes and probes threaten his image amidst inflation and political pressure. The piece notes the Opry performance as a strategic boost but argues it cannot mask legal and ethical crises surrounding his presidency.
Profiles recount Stark and New Hampshire troops reaching Bennington on August 9 1777 engaging Burgoyne’s forces. Baum’s detachment failed to seize American stores as reinforcements arrived August 16 1777. The battle ended with British surrender after hours of intense combat and heavy enemy losses. Prisoners and wounded were treated in Bennington as Congress praised Stark.
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