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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corp at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. It serves local readers with community news, notices, and advertisements from Bennington and surrounding areas.
Editorial notes Joseph Nadeau's departure as Bennington's last active coal dealer amid rising fuel costs and potential shortages. despite coal being abundant and cheap, clean air standards, exports, rail and transport costs, and environmental controls push users toward more expensive fuels and cleaner but scarcer energy sources.
The piece argues oil shortages push coal reliance and corporate controls risk pricing. It notes Mt. Anthony forest, Vermont casino ideas, and J C Jerome’s planning preview. It calls for cautious, public debate on energy, environment, and economic impacts before any resort or gambling venture.
The piece warns Congress about Nixon as a future economic burden amid defense spending and debt concerns. It notes $415,000 spent on Nixon in six weeks, including $99,000 for a Key Biscayne property, and critiques rising expenses. It also mentions population cube figures from National Geographic and Brattleboro’s pictorial history project tied to Vermont’s 1724 Fort Dummer anniversary.
The Springfield Union argues the Nixon pardon highlights systemic bias in U S justice, noting unequal treatment of rich and poor and the harms of plea bargaining. It links fear in daily life from burglar alarms to crime rates with a justice system seen as favoring money and power. The piece cites George Jessel humor and criticizes plea bargaining as eroding rights and public safety.
At a League of Women Voters panel in Middlebury a Coca Cola bottler, two grocers, a Vermont beer distributor lobbyist, and a state senator proposed amendments to the Bottle Bill. They urged lower deposits, restricted redemption hours, local redemption centers, standardized bottles, and a recycling tax on container producers while discussing cross border bottle losses and the business costs of returnables.
The piece denounces the Watergate trial as a publicity circus wrongfully charging conspiracy rather than the actual acts, misplacing it in Washington and before a biased judge, while urging safeguards for fair process and noting public sentiment and political motives shaping coverage. It also lampoons anti Nixon sentiment and envisions a far future politicized scenario.
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