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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. Address: 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
President Ford has accepted a televised debate challenge from Jimmy Carter marking the first incumbent challenger debate in history. The format may include face to face confrontations and outside expert questioning, with networks showing prime time debates as a bona fide news event.
The Vermont Steamtrain faces a final September 6 shutdown amid ongoing route confusion. Officials debated whether the last weeks will reach Bennington or end in Bellows Falls, while repairs and a refurbished Bennington waiting room loom unused.
The Steamtrain fiasco remains blamed on Montpelier officials, the Vermont Bicentennial Transportation group, unrealistic pricing, weak advertising, and disorganized plans. Support waned as the Spirit of Ethan Allen failed to align with public need, leaving Ethan Allen’s namesake in poor fortune two centuries later.
Officials call for top priority on a federally funded high hazard project to fix the deadly Searsburg Mountain curve on Route 9. Regional leaders urge unity to ensure timely completion, resisting diversion of funds to other county improvements.
Letter to The Banner calls for disclosure bills to curb lobbying and financial conflicts. It notes Senate action but House delays threaten 1976 reform, urging Rep. Jeffords to press Judiciary Committee and House action before adjournment. Executive director Mary Miller cites Common Cause Vermont in Waterbury Center.
A columnist laments summer vacationers who abandon cats when they flee back to the city. He recalls personal anecdotes of cats left at camps and roadsides, notes the grim outcomes for felines, and contrasts modern neglect with ancient reverence for cats in Egypt, Greece, and Ireland.
The piece argues the Republican Party faces its worst identity crisis in modern times, critiquing the Kansas City convention for failing to broaden its base. It notes Reagan era conservatism, the platform’s hard right stance, and hints at Carter’s likely rise while questioning Ford’s appeal and Watergate fallout. The article recalls past GOP shifts and ponders future party reform.
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