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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The piece discusses President Ford signing parole orders for several convicts including two life sentences while arguing for a blanket Christmas amnesty for Vietnam war resisters. It notes the paradox of pardoning criminals yet shunning exiles and urges Ford to extend clemency to those abroad, framing it as a path to renewed presidential stature.
The FTC attacks AMA rules banning doctors advertising their services arguing that price competition would lower fees. It notes 85 percent fee increases over a decade versus 68 percent inflation, and says professionals are becoming businessmen within a market economy.
The Banner urges readers to evaluate the year 1976 with a yearly inventory. It questions whether we are better, closer to Jesus' standard, and living victorious lives, acknowledging sins of commission and omission while encouraging ongoing self-improvement and mastery of body and mind.
A religious and motivational appeal urging renewal at year’s start. Herbert W. Lorenz urges readers to seize the new year as a chance to improve, seek divine help, and abandon despair. The message closes with a plea to support the Southwest Indian Foundation aiding Navajo families, signed from Bennington.
The year ends with Washington reporting a major push to clean air and water, attracting over a billion dollars in private capital and creating more than a million jobs. In Vermont, real estate hopes fade as hill country limits and water well problems surface, while federal funds for sewage projects reach $35 million. State agencies face staffing shortages, tax concerns, and calls to reorganize four combined agencies, as lawmakers grapple with deficits and land tax reform. A cautious New Year greeting follows.
Citizens push for a municipal park with a building for town offices an auditorium and space for records near West Main Street by Old Bennington. The proposal envisions civic and cultural facilities and tourist draws similar to Clark Galleries and a future planetarium to enhance the town.
A column weighs potential Republican contenders Reagan Richardson Mathias and others. It argues a Reagan-Richardson race would test party wings while noting Charles Percy and Nelson Rockefeller as left-leaning labels by conservatives. A Nebraska coin flip mayoral tie concludes the page.
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