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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Nobel Medicine winners Temin and Baltimore urge shifting focus from viruses to environmental and social factors in cancer prevention. They emphasize reducing smoking and carcinogenic agents in food and air, noting society must face difficult lifestyle decisions and political will to fund real prevention rather than await a miracle vaccine.
Off premise signs topple in Montpelier amid Vermont's 1968 Outdoor Advertising law phaseout continues. The law aimed at scenic preservation, with compensation debates settled after seven years, while archaeologists debate whether Vermont Indians truly lived there long term.
A Banner letter writer born in 1897 recounts attending a Arlington selectmen meeting after hearing the town had no funds left in the 1975 budget. He laments the absence of elected officials, praises Charles Farrell for his work, and mentions Cabbage Night and Halloween as reasons Farrell could not be hired. He compares the situation to John Geer’s outgoing service.
Gladys C Stein writes to Arlington residents expressing shock over the absence of elected selectmen at a meeting about raising funds to support a constable. She identifies as an elderly local resident and urges immediate attention to the issue for Arlington’s welfare.
The Sacred Heart School Parents' Group thanks Aladdin Travel Agency A&P Doris Bourgeois Fairdale Farms Fishmans William Foss Grant City Rachel Kinney Donat Ratelle Sewing Shop George Sleeman Star Electric and many volunteers for making the festival a success. Prizes were awarded including a bicentennial Afghan flag to Rosemary Haley of Bennington and mini raffle winners Rita Cole Brian Shea and Mrs Earl Senecal. Co Chairs Dorothy DePollo and Carol Beaudoin express sincere appreciation.
Washington observer notes geothermal energy as a growing, clean power source amid high oil prices. Government studies estimate geothermal could generate up to 50,000 megawatts over a century, with sites in 11 western states and Gulf Coast zones. ERDA shapes funding and policy, influencing competition among energy interests and nuclear power.
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