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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1973
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 428 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 06201.
William Ruckelshaus as acting FBI director led a missing wiretap files inquiry from Stamford to Arizona, uncovering tapes in John Ehrlichmans safe at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The discovery signals a shift from Dillinger era tactics to a Holmes-like pursuit of truth amid Watergate questions and executive accountability.
Despite renewed concern over youth drug use, few attend a Bennington public session on drug education at Second Congregational Church. North Adams EMergency Trips and Helpline volunteers have spent five weeks in town outlining a 24 hour helpline to offer anonymous, caring support for teens facing alcohol and drug problems, urging immediate community action and cooperation.
In Montpelier James Finneran long time aide and lobbyist for the Vermont Labor Council AFL CIO and the Vermont Truck and Bus Association wins a housing consultant post with the Salmon administration. The hiring follows a career spanning the Hoff and Davis administrations and repeated lobbying battles in the Legislature.
The author argues Watergate exposes three constitutional faults: divided government, the frozen four year term, and power concentration in the presidency. It critiques Nixon's tactics, Mitchell's influence, and attempts to centralize authority, urging legal reforms and broader public accountability while noting television’s pivotal role in the national inquiry. The piece questions whether the system will endure without decisive change.
An opinion argues that while imported goods and overseas manufacturing raise living standards, they cost American jobs. It critiques rail and Teamsters unions for wage demands and practices, warning that arbitration may be needed to curb excesses and protect the economy. Entities include U.S. workers, U.S. Steel, Teamsters union, UAW, Ford, Chevy, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Mafia figures.
Letter writer Mary L Murphy urges Vermont readers to curb open burning after citing air pollution from industrial sources and recent laws in Massachusetts. She argues for stricter state rules to protect clean air, warning residents to push lawmakers and protect vulnerable lungs.
In New York long sold out Birgit Nilsson fans paid exorbitant prices for scarce seats. Organizers asked her in Buenos Aires to sell onstage seats. Nilsson responded by cable: Sell everything, and please don't forget the space on the main lid.
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