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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The piece discusses Mary D. Thurber's letter to Stewart Smith of the Republican State Committee, urging party focus on fiscal austerity and conservative values. It notes GOP fractures after the November election, calls for pragmatic voter engagement, and warns against demagoguery. It argues both parties must present concrete plans beyond labels to retain support.
Shaftsbury Town Clerk Cathleen Harwood reports 10 of 17 deer hunters were women in the latest kill tally. A local weather note recalls a wintry storm with snow in West Shaftsbury and rain near Bennington, highlighting quirky regional contrast.
Miami Herald reports Spain trims the traditional midday break. Civil servants in Madrid and Barcelona are told to limit lunch to one hour, curtailing the long siesta once valued across the nation. The policy aims to stretch scarce oil supplies and keep public services moving.
The government urges offices to shut at six in the evening to conserve energy, implying a siesta of glass towers may reemerge. The piece notes the enduring habit of civil servants sleeping on the job and questions lasting change.
A longtime Republican urges Stewart Smith to resign as state committee chair. The writer laments decades of party drift toward bigger government and internal feuds, calls for a clean sweep, and urges a return to government by the people with a strong two party system. He warns voters have tuned out and pressures groups dominate. He plans to send copies to the state committee and hopes for decisive reform.
A narrator recalls a Grey November hike along a former town road behind a barn, noting old farm foundations, railway relics, and ski lodges rising where farms once stood. He contrasts past farms and deer-rich forests with new timber chalets and vanished villages, ending with a return home as rain begins.
Harwood Hill challenges The Banner's reporting on Bill Morse resignation from the planning commission. He argues Morse construction complied with state plans and that the insinuation of political pressure and an alleged motive is unfounded. Hill urges the paper to correct the record and avoid sensationalism.
Janet Harvey commends Bennington residents for electing a working board after last Tuesday’s selectmen meeting. Peter Donavan promised relocation help and presented findings while Timothy Corcoran accepted the planning commission recommendation. Five agenda items were voted on, contrasting past meetings with four tabled. The writer notes the new board’s usefulness and reassures fellow voters.
A devotional poem expressing gratitude to the Lord for blessings seen and unseen. The speaker thanks God for presence, a garden breeze, sunshine, birdsong, and care for all creatures, emphasizing love and loved ones as the greatest blessing in a reflective autumnal tone.
The Greek election pleased Washington and all U S government branches by delivering a centrist government likely to rejoin NATO and ease Cyprus tensions. Yet Greeks face a fragile democracy amid corruption, inflation, and upheaval in Cyprus, with Kissinger facing a hard task to steer Turkish pullback and Makarios’ return to power.
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