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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201 serving Bennington County with local news, notices, and community briefs.
An opinion argues that FBI Cointelpro style overreach risks civil liberties. It urges Congress and Justice to craft precise guidelines limiting precrime investigations to actual conspiracies with violence, preserving free speech and assembly while ensuring agency accountability.
The piece argues President Ford’s veto of a tax relief bill is bad economics and harmful to working Americans. It cites higher taxes, Social Security increases, and a drag on recovery with unemployment at 7.7 million and black unemployment near 13.8 percent, claiming the veto raises 1976 taxes and worsens hardship for low income families. It condemns Ford’s justification as hypocritical and political, urging accountability and citing lengthy disputes over spending limits and deficits.
Jamaican writer George B Gordon reflects on Christmas news values and memory. He recalls a solitary Christmas in southern California, attending a midnight mass at an old mission church and feeling peace amid centuries old Latin rites, then discusses a public reaction to his remark that television news favors young women reporters, lamenting the loss of the word girl and the changing language.
Tom Braden discusses changing language for women and girls noting dictionary meanings. He dislikes terms like woman, female, wench, and ladies and laments losing the familiar word girls, while acknowledging social and feminist sensitivities in modern usage.
A tourist jokes about uping orange juice supply by filling glasses. A Tennessee man cracks a post office line by slicing a fruitcake to lower postage, gifting cake pieces to staff and wishing Merry Christmas.
The veto signals larger federal tax bites next year, as Vermonters face a piggybacked income tax rise. The piece humorously notes Ford’s trip to Colorado for skiing and laments broader bicentennial merchandise, hinting at New Jersey wine marketing. It recalls Bennington tavern recipes tied to Revolutionary times.
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