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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1973
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Ralph Nader sued Allegheny Airlines for overbooking and won $50,000, showing how tickets can exceed available seats. The piece notes public fault in reservations and cites United, TWA, and American cutting daily flights and using smaller planes to save fuel, hoping to curb overbooking and improve booking discipline.
The Vermont deer season of 1972, amid rising prices and meat shortages, shows a revival of deer jacking across 14 counties. Officials note unreported kills and shifts in hunting, with debates on whether illegal extractions help feed people and rebalance an overgrown herd despite economic factors.
The obituary recalls Gene Krupa who died last week at age sixty four. He rose to fame with Benny Goodman in the 1930s and popularized the drum solo. Krupa was a showman whose high energy performances drew large crowds and intense crowds at Saratoga. His last public appearance was at the Saratoga festival in August with the original Goodman Quartet. His legacy as a bold percussion innovator endures even as the drummer has passed on.
A House subcommittee report backs a $2 billion three year highway safety fund as part of the 1973 federal aid act. It warns U s road building remains unsafe with hazards at urban and rural intersections, rail crossings and unprotected poles. The panel cites flawed traffic lights guard rails and dangerous slopes and cautions of two million deaths by 1974 if errors persist.
In a critique of American spending, the Times notes USPS efforts to trim costs while the postmaster general’s Washington office gets special treatment and lavish draperies valued at over $4,000, signaling uneven belt tightening at federal agencies.
The report details pantry expenses exceeding 5,000 dollars and a plan to outfit the upstairs meeting space with 20 conference chairs about 450 each and 52 dining chairs over 200 each. Carpeting tops 8,000 dollars and a 50,000 dollar kitchen is proposed for the board. The aim is faster mail delivery within three days.
An observer argues Nixon will not be impeached like Hitler, noting fear of acting amid accumulated power. The piece recalls Haig's order to fire Cox, calls it a near coup, and stresses the legitimacy of the presidency versus constitutional limits. It warns three more years could cement tyranny unless constitutional checks prevail.
In October the executive shows contempt for law and the tripartite government by hiding evidence and opposing the Watergate investigation. The piece argues Nixon must step down, highlighting Cox, Richardson, and Ruckelshaus as defenders of democracy, and urging impeachment or resignation to preserve the nation.
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