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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
Townwide vote tomorrow on proposed charter changes revises several housekeeping items and a key provision extending water discount to residents of North Bennington. Selectmen say extending the discount is simple justice, noting future linking of water systems is unlikely for years. The article covers the need for revisions aligned with state law and local fairness.
The town faces a weekend vote on several items including a charter change to allow selectmen to contract with fire departments, replacing an elected board of listers with appointed ones, and a $100,000 bond for sewer extensions in Brooklyn Hicks Avenue and Merson Street. The piece also praises Act 250 and Vermont land-use controls and cites an article by Jonathan E. Maslow and a report by Charles Bonenti on land capability and environment laws.
The New York Times front page notes Bennington’s nonappearance while three photos show homogenized commercial strips in Oregon, California and Iowa now expanding nationwide. The piece cites a decade of franchise growth driving uniformity, with local zoning preserving smaller signs, and warns tourism may depend on preserving distinction from mass produced fast food encroachment.
Russell Baker humor column imagines American Airlines outfitting a 747 with a piano bar and a zoo. Tests reveal irritable pumas, wriggling snakes and a crocodile inside a piano. Safari flights spark chaos as an elephant charges through sections, prompting a pilot to relocate it to Burma. The piece satirizes airline gimmicks and the race for sky dominance.
A cheerybut biting memo from Che Murgatroyd Montmorency to Sandy at the Sweat Shop on Mad Avenue reports mutinous mood among “moujiks” over Santa Claus’s image. They discuss hair color beards and a youthier look, plus reforming phrases like Ho ho ho to Ring-a-ding-ding and a folk rock tempo.
A Letter To The Editor evokes bleak late autumn as naked trees tremble in a cruel wind. A warning voice spots a hunter with a gun ahead, urging swift escape before time runs out. The narrator recalls fleeing and collapsing, unsure what comes next.
A haunting personal note from Miss Dianne Sherman of 407 County St, Bennington Vermont, reflecting hunger and fear, questioning life and cycles, as the forest grows silent and time fades with no next time for the writer.
Washington report highlights Wilbur Mills image shaped by money focus. The author recalls Mills birth year and family remarks on costs, portraying a finance minded background. The piece frames Mills as a candidate whose wealth narrative influences press perception.
A witty column mixes Bennie’s going out of business clothes with a magic mirror that never needs alterations. It shifts to Kensett Arkansas and Wilbur Mills, touting his travel fame and political prowess, amid White House worry and a spoof bipartisan campaign landscape. The piece lampoons Mills’s treaty talk, Muskie McGovern and a Chou En Lai pact, ending with Mills’s campaign rhetoric and a parliamentary joke about value added.
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