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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1973
Page
3
The Bennington Banner is published daily excluding Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 426 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
A critical appraisal of Nixon's televised remarks on Watergate, labeling them a "perfumed" performance. The piece argues he avoided naming guilty parties, excused aides, and used rhetoric to pacify, while promising little real disclosure as investigations continue and the press presses for truth. It flags potential connections to Teamsters, the Mafia, and Pentagon Papers cases, questioning motives and transparency.
Editor notes condemn the Bennington Main Street Dunkin Donuts landscaping with solid concrete replacing promised greenery. Mentions two maple trees removed years ago, prior YMCA, and failed shrubbery efforts amid vandalism and neglect.
Vermont families face rising food costs due to multi factor pressures including higher wages and demand. The congressman argues wholesale and retail price controls fail to fix the problem and could burden farmers, urging market pricing and a bipartisan Watergate inquiry to restore trust and reveal all facts.
A Vermont mountain gardener recalls planting onion sets in spring and the toll of rocks, dogs, and weather on Skylark. Diane Young announces the League of Vermont Writers spring meeting May 12 at Manchester First Congregational Church with lectures by Brian Vachen Robert Hagerman and two UVM professors plus lunch and registration details.
Tom Braden critiques Watergate figures as clean-cut loyalists who believed they served Nixon and the country while planning to win at any cost. He questions the fixation on loyalty and dress codes, arguing real virtue lies in honesty and accountability, not symbolic office virtues.
The writer condemns U S ties with Peking over Taiwan and recalls his Taiwan tour. He questions the lack of concern for Taiwan’s status, criticizes Chinese leadership’s actions, and asks how the world would react to forceful unification, suggesting withdrawal might “solve everything.”
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