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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays. It is published by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
An analyst argues in the Wall Street Journal that guaranteed income is unlikely to match existing aid, led by food stamps which now reach about 20 percent of the poor. They caution against expanding coupon programs for clothing or energy and favor a negative income tax to lift buying power while controlling taxpayer costs.
In Barre Vermont, the United Counseling Service vows full staffing and ongoing program delivery as board president Charles G Bennett endorses executive director Joseph LoPiccolo. Reader Claire Duke criticizes Congress pay raises while UCS staff shifts, and Elizabeth Finney urges谨慎 framing of automotive deaths as tragic not spectacular.
Ralph Nader accuses lid manufacturers of a plot to boost can sizes while makers blame demand and hoarding. The column riffs on consumer ignorance, a dog show list, and Vermont highway beautification with marigolds along an arterial spur, noting stalled piggyback trailers and a contrast with past Green Acres scenery.
A famous public speaker described his formula for success as planning a good opening and a good closing first, then keeping them as close together as possible. The remark, cited by ITU Review, emphasizes concise structure and tight narrative framing.
A vivid Sunday morning scene around the Port Authority in New York City sketches curbside life on Broadway at 42nd Street. Details include litter, a burned newsstand, busy bookshops, off track betting crowds, and a disquieting urge to flee the air conditioned bus terminal when the water cooler fails.
The piece assesses Gerald Ford after his first year in office, praising his decency and openness while noting doubts about his future leadership. It contrasts his interim presidency with the prospect of a full four-year term amid national and world upheaval, signaling cautious support and concern for the 1980s.
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