Bennington Daily Life Feats New Linotype and Local News
The Bennington Evening Banner publishes today without its normal equipment due to Linotype installation. Obituary notes Lieutenant Governor William H. Wills Jr.’s brother Harry A. Wills dies. Christmas ad from H M Tuttle Co. offers blue coal heat regulator at 18 95. Colonel Theodore J. Cook receives full appointment and is pictured at Camp Pickett Virginia. Battenkill River showcased in two page Sports Afield. Vermont Life highlights Bromley Mountains ski development with color scenes. Rescue pledges grow for orphan in state road system. Christiaan Barnard plans second heart transplant. first patient improving. Phi Beta Kappa founded at Williams College in 1776. California Gold Rush triggered by Polk’s 1848 discovery. 1933 Utah adopts 21st Amendment ending liquor prohibition. Civil rights era begins with Montgomery bus boycott. Thought for the day by Paul Engle on wisdom.
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Oil and gas price reform debate in Congress
In Cambridge, a detailed argument on reforming price controls for US produced oil and gas. President Carter seeks an equalization tax to raise domestic crude toward world levels, with Congress split. A compromise would tax old oil and old gas to fund rebates and conservation while gradually decontroling newer supplies.
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Gettysburg Address update by Dwight Eisenhower era voice
A satirical rewritten Gettysburg tribute cites 201 years since founding and critiques disharmonious governance. It mocks presidential rhetoric, condemns national division, and urges civil cooperation while outlining broad cemetery reform and human rights themes.
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