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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
A Washington Post summary notes Union Carbide avoided layoffs as pollution controls cost billions. The CEQ report finds 1.1 million jobs created in 1975 by pollution control with potential growth as measures expand. It rebukes anti regulation rhetoric and urges corporate alignment with 1970s environmental progress.
A reader criticizes the Banner editorial on the status of women and the ERA. The Vermont Caucus for the Family promotes a pro family stance and opposes equality measures, citing Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. who calls ERA destructive to home and family.
A Vermont reader attacks ERA arguments and urges readers to oppose federal and state efforts. The letter, signed by Mrs. James Perkins, President of the Vermont Caucus for the Family, warns of draft, single sex schools, and loss of wives rights, calling for grassroots mobilization and contact via Box 4 Morrisville VT.
The piece previews seed options for houseplants, noting Gesneriads such as African violets and gloxinias can be grown from seed indoors. It outlines temperatures, soils, and germination tips, names suppliers, and mentions new varieties from Konrad Michelssen and others. It also hints at forthcoming notes on vegetables and perennials to start indoors.
In Montpelier the House and Senate Institutions Committee weighed moving state offices to Waterbury State Hospital to save about 250000 in rental costs. Concessions from Forests and Parks and Fish and Game staff sparked protests over job impacts. The piece notes lawmakers Sauer and Graf opposed a primary bill, contrasting with their Bennington County peers.
Navy veteran recounts a Sea of lonely search aboard a destroyer during peacetime to guard carriers a jet fighter exploded aft of a carrier fantail and only a pilot’s shattered helmet and smoke float were found the search called off at midnight leaving crew shivering and haunted by the pilot’s fate
A Vermont reader argues against the Senate General and Military Affairs Committee's unfavorable report on a state lottery bill despite public support and House passage. The letter blames New York lottery corruption as the motive, defends state employees, and urges citizens to pressure their senators. Ronald A. Butterfield Sudbury.
Tom Braden analyzes how the La Guardia bombing ushers a new era of terror and suspicion. He argues liberties will be curtailed for security with police, spies, and surveillance, from baggage checks to store inspections, while questioning trust, civil laws, and the fate of death penalties in a changed United States.
A reader notes a Nebraska weekly with a front page motto claiming all news is recycled. The humorous exchange then shifts to a golf incident where a bystander is struck and threatens a $5,000 suit, prompting a witty comeback about payment.
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