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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1975
Page
5
The column surveys odd public prints and ads from Advent season era, noting Soviet amusement park satire, Jesus Jeans campaigns drawn by church pressure, and Miles Laboratories antacid ads. It highlights Gary Dahl’s pet rock fad with optimism, predicting a year of strong sales and possible political crossover humor.
A meditation on the pressure to always enjoy life, critiquing self help guides like Julius Fast's The Pleasure Book. The piece argues that declaring happiness a duty creates hidden labor and hypocritical puritanism, citing Plato’s view that happiness follows virtue. Copyright 1975 Christian Science Publishing Society.
In an opinion piece, Christian Science Monitor argues that respecting nonsmoking rights benefits businesses. Restaurants and airlines report full nonsmoking sections and productivity rises as workers help each other quit. The piece notes government backpedaling on smoking despite Surgeon General warnings and funds spent by the U.S. government.
The discussion notes subsidies to tobacco growers while cutting anti smoking education budgets below 1 million. It urges officials to follow WHO calls for restricting sales to youths and raising taxes periodically. It cites Sweden’s approach as an example and praises the free market’s response to nonsmokers.
Erich Fromm argues that paranoia arises from insisting on absolute certainty and treating mere possibilities as probable. He warns such thinking harms both personal life and foreign policy, urging rational risk assessment and mutual survival over security obsessions.
Notes from Bennington and nearby areas cover a 1804 Bible loan to the public library, a fire cleanup at Myer Daniels store site, a new skating rink completion, and a river classification hearing. Also reported are Christmas bonuses for M.H. Fishman Co. employees, a new state police station, mutual aid fire drills, a high school student honored nationally, and a chronology of key aviation and labor milestones from 1901 to 1947.
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