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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
A round of editorials contrasts Nixon Ford and Milliken on thrift and inflation. Ford urges modest extra spending while touting WIN. Milliken leans towardBuy a Car as Michigan faces layoffs and car demand wanes. The piece notes banks show shrinking balances, signaling tight finances.
Burlington's municipally owned utility seeks a 38.9 percent temporary rate rise citing fuel and production cost spikes as coal prices jumped from 19.30 to 51 per ton. Yet a 1000 kWh month estimate would cost about 28 dollars, versus Central Vermont Public Service’s 455 kWh bill at 21.10 dollars or 4.6 cents per kWh, 60 percent higher. The piece also notes realtor releases from Las Vegas, thanks the Bennington Rescue Squad, and discusses Oxfam Americas Fast for a World Harvest urging a one day food fast to raise funds and awareness for hunger.
A call argues one person can alter a country through a fast for world harvest and individual restraint. It cites Jefferson and Thoreau against waiting for governments, urges Americans to cut meat and export fertilizer to aid food relief, noting a pivotal Rome conference and a Club of Rome report warning that mass inequality and resource straining threaten future stability.
A quip about a couple facing an age problem where the wife hides her age and the husband resists age admitting. The joke laments how people try to stay young by avoiding truth even as daily life keeps aging them.
A Vermont political landscape shifts as Republican Congressman Richard Mallary is rumored as a possible governor candidate, while Gov. Salmon faces potential rivalries from Jim Jeffords or Bob Stafford in 1976. The statewide mood leans toward independent voters, regional figures reshaping the House, and increased political action under the Independent banner.
Vermont Flood Recovery Office announces federal disaster assistance grants up to 5000 for individuals in extreme hardship from the 1973 flood. Grants are 75 percent federal and 25 percent state funded, deadline November 30, 1974. Applications by calling 828 2701 or toll free 800 642 3131 or writing to the office in Montpelier. Mt Anthony Jr High plans magazine subscription sale November 15 to 25 to raise funds for school activities and clubs.
During deer hunting season rural Vermont will be visited and old sites of habitation found where forest reclaiming land reveals stone walls cellar holes and lilacs. The Vermont Old Cemetery Association asks hunters to report forgotten gravestones and markers to Leon W Dean or contact Farnsworth promotion chairman for information on lost cemeteries including Halifax Ricker Mountain Waterbury Maidstone and more.
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