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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1973
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Bennington Publishing Corporation located on Main Street in Dennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial urges that Watergate unfolded thanks to a mix of luck and brave actions. Judge Sirica challenged DOJ overreach, Katharine Graham defended independent reporting, and security guard Frank Wills triggered police notice. Wills now seeks interviews and an honorarium for his role in exposing the case.
The column notes low voter turnout in Manday referendums guiding the Mt Anthony Union School District on returning to former election methods for vacancies and urges board adherence to voter wishes. It also urges clearer line by line budget comparisons, praises a typo in the auditors report, and notes highway bulldozing on North Bennington Flats ending a long billboard era near Benn ington College.
The Herald’s Windham Southeast School Supt Melvin Mendelsohn furor is denounced as McCarthyism in Vermont. The piece condemns the Rutland Herald for alleged innuendo and misstatements about a PhD from a dubious mill and accuses the attack of political manipulation.
A letter dated May 1 1978 to Manchester Board of Selectmen challenges statements about the dog Clovis at Orvis night. The author claims the board's report contained half truths and untruths and accuses libel against the writer as the dog’s original trainer.
A local letter accuses officials of intertwining politics with police dog use, urging a complete amended report. It recalls January 1872 discussions about training a dog amid rising armed break ins and warns morale problems affect surrounding communities.
A local letter discusses Bennington property reappraisal, noting Grand List increases and a projected tax rate drop. It cites an estimated 24 percent higher property taxes on average, with concerns about whether the rate will truly fall despite higher assessments and calls for accountability. The piece references the Vermont Lung Association and national politics regarding Vietnam era policy.
The administration will act without Congress on bombing. Richardson says a clear congressional prohibition would stop further funding for Cambodia once voted, and Kissinger faces a weakened position amid Moscow Paris talks. Congress may grant a brief grace period rather than authorize endless bombing, as Le Duc Tho’s leverage fades.
At a large revival meeting an evangelist challenged the congregation to stand if their lives qualified for heaven. All rose except a little man in the first row who replied that he did not want to go to heaven immediately, provoking humor at the Wall Street fayenat.
A general agreement favors the Montrealer’s new timing shifting northbound earlier and southbound later. The plan doubles on double track north of Brattleboro, reduces delays, and targets winter ski traffic plus summer vacation travel. Connections with CN and CP are eyed, dining car service touted, and a Boston or Washington day train proposal urged with rider input to AMTRAK president Roger Lewis.
The piece recounts 18th century land grants shaping Vermont townships under Governor Benning Wentworth. It notes boundary disputes among New Hampshire Massachusetts and New York, Wentworths 1749 1770 grants including Bennington, and the pattern of 500 acre shares for church gospel society and school. It hints at colonial rivalry over the New York boundary and expansion amid French and Indian pressures.
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