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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1977
Page
5
In Friendship Maine a narrator recalls picking berries and watching a motorcycle race on ABC. The piece pivots to Satchel-Eye Dyer who invented a bean threshing machine and narrowly escaped a horrifying mishap. He reflects that he was just barely onto the thing when he saw his mistake.
The piece argues that U.S. energy policy favors nuclear power over solar and geothermal despite limits in uranium reserves, waste disposal concerns, and rising plant costs. It cites NRC licenses exceeding known uranium supply, budget skew toward nuclear, liability subsidies, and public opposition, while highlighting solar potential and job creation from solar adoption. It suggests established energy interests push nuclear for profit.
A reflective column treats the Panama Canal debate as a national symbol and political test. It notes polarized views, quotes figures like Buckley and Goldwater, and compares Canal fate to Suez and energy worries while calling out public mood shifts and nostalgia.
A 1937 roundup notes Col Harrison Kerrick and Bernhardt Wall visiting the Spargos, Kerrick confirming the Bennington flag as the oldest Stars and Stripes, plus Beatrice Hammond new WPA Nursery School teacher. Also, Jesters club pres William Brooks, water fund transfer to Putnam Memorial Hospital, and DuCharme School of Dance begins sixth year.
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