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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. It serves as the region’s news outlet with local reporting, classifieds, and notices for Bennington and surrounding towns.
An editorial denounces Ford administration clemency for Vietnam era draft evaders as flawed and slow, noting fewer than one in five 115,000 eligible have been rehabilitated. It urges Congress to pursue its own amnesty without the program’s practical pitfalls.
The author attacks Ford’s clemency program for Vietnam era war resisters calling it punitive and hypocritical. It criticizes conditional pardons and public service requirements noting labor market gaps and Nixon pardon as precedent. The piece urges Congress to grant unconditional amnesty to all who resisted, framing it as patriotic and necessary.
Editor riffs on optimistic drivers who removed snow tires during a major storm and a Vermont highway head hiding plow gear. Senate shifts Memorial Day to May 30 in 1976 then back, Bicentennial decor and Crow satire pepper the piece. It shifts to grim Cambodia war reflections blaming Nixon and Kissinger for 1970 decisions and the resulting tragedy, contrasting Cambodia’s fate with Vietnam.
The piece assesses U.S. policy under Nixon and Kissinger from the 1960s to 1970s, arguing that covert plans for a Cambodian invasion expanded into a full bombing of Cambodia. It notes dissent within the administration, resignations by Anthony Lake, Roger Morris, and William Watts, and warns against future unchecked actions. It urges humanitarian aid for Phnom Penh and calls for ensuring leaders do not repeat such secret, damaging decisions.
Advice column urges at home income by secretarial tasks and sewing. It outlines steps to attract college students and local businesses, with tips on stationery, contacting firms, and potential earnings versus downtown wages. It cites examples like Kathy Preston to illustrate home business potential.
Letters praise the Bennington Program as a work study courses impacting students and the community. It provides jobs, earnings from 660 to 1500 dollars annually, and a cycle of spending in local shops and services. The piece stresses vocational value, student responsibility, and broad community roles.
A letter urges expanding state auxiliary police and sheriff patrols to 24 hour operation, citing aging ranks and budget hurdles. Advocates argue younger recruits and more equipment would boost local and state law enforcement, with calls for sustainable financing amid track security and local allocations.
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