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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1976
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 piece argues that the Southern rim region benefits from Washington money via defense contracts pensions and dam projects while politicians harshly criticize federal spending. It notes Sunbelt retirees may reach 8 billion yearly by 1980 and that military spending favors home districts despite anti federal spending rhetoric.
The Vermont presidential preference primary will feature Ford as the sole Republican on the ballot after Ronald Reagan chose not to enter. Write ins like none of the above are unlikely to sway Vermonters, and few Democrat rivals widen the field. Commentators doubt any meaningful preference will emerge this year.
The Banner letters condemn the narrow defeat of a proposed Equal Rights Amendment in the state Senate. Readers denounce senators who ignored voters, while some opposition is blamed on procedural grounds.
The Senate weighs a bill to let Vermonters be heard while House Appropriations Chair Emory Hebard of Glover blocks taxpayer appeals to cut Commission on the Status of Women spending. The issue highlights concerns over fairness and fiscal restraint in a tense public moment.
Residents including Darlene Perkins of Morrisville and Edna Merrill of Bennington respond to the Vermont right to work debate and ERA activism. Perkins criticizes S 194 as anti majority rule and warns of unintended consequences for union supporters, while Merrill thanks helpers after a fall near a taxi stand.
A brisk narrative blends a winter garden scene with reflections on the U S national anthem. The author argues the Star Spangled Banner embodies American pride and endurance, praising its history and emotional pull while defending its accessibility to all Americans regardless of singing ability.
A narrator buys a plastic display cube with fake rubber top hats labeled standard for 86 cents, debating optics and tactile illusion in a humorous riff on art invading the plumbing aisle and groceries. The piece ends pondering what comes next after encasing objects in plastic.
The piece argues Moynihan's ascent from top is justified, praising his ego and intellect. It notes his rise through Kennedy Nixon Kissinger links, his Life magazine praise, and suggests his strongest platform would have been a U.S. Senate bid amid a waning administration.
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