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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1974
Page
4
Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper issued by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 4125 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201, operating every day except Sundays and holidays.
The editorial calls the White House summary a lie and notes the claim that Nixon had no knowledge before March 21 1973 while taped conversations show him discussing a crash of information. The piece contrasts the edited summaries with the actual dialogue recorded with John Dean.
The dialogue portrays Nixon and Dean weighing how to manage disclosures after the Grand Jury was dismissed. Nixon warns others to “button it up” and hope for the best, likening the issue to limiting losses in a fragile political moment.
The ICC criticized the DOT plan to cut 1600 miles of Northeast track, including 475 miles in Massachusetts, as too severe. Hearings in Pittsfield drew near 100 witnesses, with strong support for continued rail service, suggesting the Railway Association may diverge from the DOT’s draconian proposals.
The Putnam Square Cynic proposes a national motto urging to move on from Watergate and impeach the President. The piece laments fading zebra crosswalks at Putnam Square from traffic and foot traffic and suggests solid painted walkways as longer lasting.
The Nixon White House released a 1306 page transcript volume of the March 21 1973 Dean Nixon Haldeman conversation where hush money and national security excuses emerge The piece argues the transcripts reveal possible federal crimes and show the presidency leaning toward self serving demagogy and pre empting air time.
A columnist recalls a summer of 1937 near Albany while cutting wood in winter. He revisits Millay’s line about liberals “angelic spies” and contrasts them with today’s loud councils. The piece reflects on Edna Millay's Conversation at Midnight and the era’s political tensions.
The Chicago Daily News cites former prosecutor David P. Schippers who argues White House transcripts implicate the president in six crimes including obstruction of justice and conspiracy. Philip Kurland backs the claims noting strong evidence of perjury and obstruction, with $75,000 paid to Hunt as part of the alleged scheme and Dean’s testimony cited as corroboration.
A letter to The Banner editor expresses disbelief that Arlington High’s production of The Sound of Music was not reviewed. The writer complains the paper omits Arlington events and only prints Helene Son’s calendar, leaving readers dissatisfied.
Mike Corrow, a junior at Arlington Memorial High School, criticizes The Banner for poor Arlington coverage. He and a friend refuse to buy further issues, urging more local reporting and reader engagement from Arlington reporters living in the city.
Joe Colliand of The Jobs Shop and Pottery in North Truro Massachusetts writes of 25 years since his rollerskating ad venture, gratitude for Looking Back replies, and continuing skating to the Post Office, noting Bennington friends remain special and that exercise spurred his renewed pace in life.
Letter to the editor questions Col. Muammar Qaddafi's true stance toward the Soviet Union, noting reports that he is labeled socialist yet anti- Communist. It cites April 25, 1974 press claims of involvement with a plot against Sadat and a May 6 1974 U S News & World Report suggesting Soviet aims against Sadat. Clifford B Harwood, Manchester Center.
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