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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues the town faces a budget crisis tied to economics and accounting confusion. It critiques two headed accountability, with selectmen and treasurer lacking clear control over inflows and outflows. Calls for new cooperation across departments to prevent costly, fragmented oversight.
The piece denounces Ford administration energy policy as feckless and poll driven. It argues for reducing oil imports to weaken the petroleum cartel, criticizes token measures like WIN buttons, and warns that embargo threats and gunboat rhetoric backfire by boosting Arab unity and oil dependence. It highlights Kissinger's push for rigorous fuel saving and cautions against broad oil taxes that raise heating costs and risk recession.
In The Nation, the Ford appointed Blue Ribbon panel to oversee the CIA is viewed as a compromised watchdog. The piece argues the commission will likely receive CIA cooperation, produce a guarded report, and praise the agency’s future role while offering minor calls for tighter oversight. The critique highlights distrust in the panel’s ability to critically probe the CIA’s past and present operations.
The Forty Committee chaired by Henry Kissinger oversees CIA policy amid revelations of domestic spying. Critics warn the panel lacks balance with Rockefeller and other establishment figures, and highlights no women or minorities, risking public trust without addressing civil rights.
A small Vermonter led pressure group mailed a cautionary packet to legislators alleging education enslaves children and promoting a backers’ warning of reprisals if truth does not prevail. The materials attack Comprehensive Child Care, the Tooth Fairy Bill, and modern schooling while praising traditional values and religious overtones.
The Grange, established 1867 as Patrons of Husbandry, grew from Vermont roots in St Johnsbury to a state network of 150 local Granges with 8000 members. Women gained full membership and leadership, and grange halls became rural centers. The movement pressed for education, roads, libraries, and cooperative buying, reshaping Vermont agriculture and community life.
Mary D Flanders of 215 Grove St protests lack of sidewalks on her street while noting taxes pay for town paths elsewhere. She highlights Safford and Bradford streets gaining new sidewalks, the-town vote process, a petition with signatures, and a sense of being ignored by officials and fellow residents as she questions modernization.
Elbert G. Moulton of Quechee writes to The Banner criticizing Joseph Jamele secretary of Civil and Military Affairs to Governor Salmon for double charging on expense accounts. He urges repayment to the state, noting a looming deficit and suggesting cutting costly dinners.
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