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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1971
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece argues Congress and the President drift toward a chaotic welfare path. It condemns Nixon’s veto of a federal child care program and a rushed AFDC work requirement backed by Senator Talmadge. It warns reform neglect harms seven million recipients and notes the plan lacks job training funding and fails to address unemployment.
The piece argues most welfare recipients are children or disabled, with a third employed in low wage jobs. It says able bodied unemployed exist but there aren’t enough jobs, suggesting make work or full employment as long term fixes. It contrasts welfare fears with economic realities and cites Minnesota’s welfare commissioner.
A columnist critiques pop traditional Christmas songs, arguing Rudolph’s story and other tunes reveal modern life as flawed. The piece links the allure of holiday music to consumerism, salesmen, and nostalgia, suggesting bells and snowm are used to sell goods rather than reflect true joy.
A bleak sleet observed day in Searsburg shows ice crust on every surface while birds forage and chipmunks stock seeds. The piece visits holiday gatherings at Karma and Helen Putnam and explains the yule log tradition from solstice origins to present joy, ending with a Merry Christmas wish.
President Nixon and the Justice Department consider a presidential parole for former Teamster chief Jimmy Hoffa, currently jailed for mail fraud and jury tampering. Union Leader publisher William Loeb, a Nixon ally turned critic over Hoffa's fate, may react strongly if amnesty occurs. Mayor Sam Yorty tours New Hampshire seeking a nomination with Loeb’s backing.
Editor notes Sen Margaret Chase Smith proposes a constitutional change to expel any congress member missing 40 percent of votes in a session. With many members away for campaigns and lectures, passage seems unlikely though attendance would rise on any vote day. The Red Cross bloodmobile arrives in Bennington offering donors a life saving gift of blood this Christmas season.
The writer addresses The Banner editor about a boy who leaped from a cliff. He condemns modern greed and war while recalling the youth’s image of grace and courage, contrasting a world abhorrent to love with the boy’s final act and the forebears’ role in this “corrupt civilization.”
Edmund Muskie argues that American prestige abroad has waned, citing the UN vote on Nationalist China and global perception. He warns Nixon must counter the image of a violent, mass-produced America while urging a shift from power to ideals and better marketing of American goods and culture.
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