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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece criticizes Hubert H. Humphrey for attacking Washington and defending Big Government while noting some programs fail yet most rely on federal services. It questions Carter’s anti Washington stance, his lack of concrete plans, and potential public support for government programs including peanut price supports of 804 million dollars over five years.
Bennington selects Louis C. Sarelas, current Claremont, New Hampshire city manager, as town manager after a swift interview process. Officials expect a tough, nonpolitical administrator to tackle local challenges and avoid factional influence while earning scrutiny from town employees and residents.
Editor notes the Rock of Gibraltar image was flipped for April Foolish fun and that readers may be unsettled by the mirrored rock orientation. The piece jokes about weather dividing optimists and gloom-layers, mentioning April rain and grass fires. Vermont readers are advised to keep snow tires.
Abigail Adams urged her husband to remember the ladies in a new code of laws. The piece contrasts constitutional rights with persistent gender inequality, cites Mme Giroud on women’s gains and limits, and notes Franco-American and global shifts toward women’s political roles and economic power.
Dr. Frank Rauscher cites fears about carcinogens in plastics, urging the FDA to publish a list of risky products. Health Research Group campaigns against vinyl chloride in food packaging, highlighting PVC's wide use from bottles to wraps. Acrylonitrite also leaches from bottles, with studies by Harvard's Dr Szabo showing rapid rodent deaths at high doses. Environmental groups seek broader testing and an Environmental Impact Statement, warning about cumulative cancer risks and litter impacts.
In a fraught election year opinion piece, the author notes Rep. Morris Udall plans to replace liberal with progressive, argues the old liberal view once tied to labor and civil rights, and reflects on how liberal ideals have evolved. The piece concludes that while liberal coalitions have fractured, civil liberties and aiding the needy remain lasting goals.
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