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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
The fall of Dacca and the collapse of Pakistani resistance lead to the birth of the People’s Republic of Bangla Desh. The new nation faces immense challenges including poverty, food shortages, flooding, and typhoons, with a fragile economy and heavy refugee impacts. The piece critiques international diplomacy, noting India’s role, UN impotence, and shifting superpower stances.
The text argues that power alone fails to determine history. It cites US shifts toward cooperation, imperial power limits, and moral law shaping nations. Examples include Germany, Japan, India Pakistan, and Bangladesh, illustrating that nations face consequences for their acts beyond mere force. History carries a moral judgment on both states and leaders.
A Vermont reader questions Medicare's nursing home coverage and shares a painful example of a couple paid by hospital care but drained by nursing home bills. He proposes parallel processing for nursing home payments and critiques Henry Kissinger's China policies amid Cold War balance concerns.
A Family Weekly commentary weighs Kissinger’s Rhineland analogy in relation to India's actions and Pakistan. It contrasts views that the United States should avoid moral compromise with Pakistan against warnings of a broader world danger if the Sino American dynamic falters. The piece discusses history, strategy, and the risk of Munich style repeats.
Consumer groups lodge complaints with the FDA over artificial coloring in oranges. The law requires labeling but enforcement is lax, and producers dye fruit to boost sales. E B White condemned the practice as impudent and Nature's work misrepresented.
An ingenious local resident faces legal trouble suspected of tapping a clocker’s telephone at a racetrack to learn timing insights for racing. The piece argues federal law prohibits private snooping and warns of government disclosure to media figures like Brinkley or Cronkite, exposing backroom actions.
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