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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1973
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201. It carries local news, notices, and advertising for the Bennington area.
Editorials note Nixon, once scornful of witnesses claiming the Fifth Amendment, now invokes executive privilege to bar White House aides from testifying on the FBI Watergate probe, risking L. Patrick Gray’s FBI director nomination as a political calamity unfolds.
The piece argues the White House mishandled Watergate, choosing to hide the truth with smoke screens. It suggests the president was poorly informed by staff or possibly involved in the espionage planning, leading to a damaging political crisis.
The editorial argues a meatless week will not drastically lower meat prices. It notes inflation hits ranchers, packers, and supermarkets, and warns substitutes like cheese and eggs may raise costs. It highlights consumer planning, planning, and education as essential, with women and government figures cited.
Harriet M Davis of Birchwood Knoll questions Sen Madeline Harwood’s support for a 25 year jail term for marijuana possession or sale. She argues for empathy, understanding, medical evaluations, and cautions against harsh sentencing, noting case-by-case context and potential familial impact.
A letter to the editor alleges public access to verbatim highway hearings is restricted. It notes transcripts totaling about 700 pages exist in district highway offices in Bennington and Montpelier but close at 5 pm and on weekends, hindering after work review. The writer seeks permission for overnight or weekend reading.
A fragmentary letter discusses crow pie and blue jays in corn crib areas, questions about English starlings, and a denied request for a copy. It notes a quoted 23 cents per page and the impracticality of renting a portable copier, with references to officials including Edgar, Stickney, Gray, James, and Governor Salmon's assistant.
A Bennington note urges families to boycott meat during the first week of April and on all Tuesdays and Thursdays of April to push prices down and improve quality. It requests meatless menu ideas and shares a meatless recipe from an American Indian cookbook found at the Bennington Free Library, inviting local letters up to 200 words with signatures and addresses.
A March morning in Vermont starts with robins and spring harbingers at Skylark SEARSBUR G as a resident writes of mountain life. The piece recalls a 25 year stay and a 50 year move to a dream home found through do it yourself real estate adventures and a cottage that became a Shangri La.
Nelson Rockefeller pushed his Republican party toward nominating Democrat Robert Wagner for mayor, threatening party cohesion and testing virtue against power. The Albany maneuver included calls to fusion, coercive tactics, and warnings to leaders, with Marchi’s candidacy effectively dimmed by Rockefeller’s decisive intervention.
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