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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece critiques House flaws in rewriting the 1974 election law including a weak independent commission and limits on disclosure and funding. It contrasts with a Senate alternative lacking Houseshortcomings and notes the need for public financing of congressional campaigns. It signals a House-Senate conference as the next step.
A debate over the Senate and House election reform measures centers on a veto threat from President Ford against the House bill. Ford opposes its ban on corporate political action committee solicitations from workers, while the Senate backs tougher controls and a study group to cut costs and time in presidential campaigns. Election-law reform has begun, and a conference committee could shape a stronger final plan.
National Library Week promotes libraries as more than books with records films and programs that enrich minds and senses. The piece urges appreciation for libraries especially in Bennington County while criticizing secrecy around public matters and noting campaigns and national politics.
Ford seems unthreateningly incapable of taking charge while a Democratic Congress can check actions. Reagan’s fear of becoming presidential hurts his drive. Carter’s “when I am president” talk risks voters turning away. The piece argues Americans may prefer Nobody, but the Constitution blocks that choice.
Lee Dinsmore, former Foreign Service officer, writes in Foreign Affairs Newsletter that U.S. policy has relied on power alone, fueling an unending arms race and a military budget consuming 26 percent of the national total.
A speaker argues that if the United States stopped progress on weapons development and redirected production to domestic needs, global awareness would provoke economic and political shifts, challenging the Kremlin and promoting internal reform. The speaker asserts we have nothing to lose and a world to gain.
Ira Allen Putnam sits by a rainy night fire when a power outage and a tale of a flood scare unfolds. The story recalls Mike Morgan’s drunken misadventure during a flood scare, his mistaken belief he was swept away, and the humorous misreadings that followed until dawn.
The Hills versus Gautreaux case challenges HUD and Chicago Housing Authority policies, arguing federal subsidized housing concentrated in black neighborhoods perpetuates discrimination. The Supreme Court could weigh in before midsummer, testing limits on desegregation and urban policy amid renewed calls to address two societies, one black and one white.
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