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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1976
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 Bennington Recreation Center pool should be free for local residents to address unequal access. It contrasts free town facilities with the pool’s fees, calls for fair recreation, and notes broader aviation policy debates about Concorde and environmental protections.
Rabbinic and clerical figures gathered in Buffalo and California to mark the birthdays of Millard Fillmore and Richard Nixon. Rabbi Justin Hofmann praised Fillmore as a modern model while Rabbi Baruch Korff and John J. McLaughlin aided Nixon’s defense fund. The piece notes irony in the ceremony as it wryly links Fillmore to a White House bathtub and Nixon to a cleansing metaphor.
Washington calls the 1976 presidential race a human yet nutty spectacle. Candidates face grueling schedules, public scrutiny, and private conflicts as veterans like Rockefeller and Humphrey weigh bets on the White House while hopefuls such as Mondale and Askew stay ready. The piece argues the system will yield a capable leader, though not heroic, offering a chance for a fresh start.
Industrial promotion across regions notes Phoenix and Tucson touts favorable climates and tax policies while Southern and Western parks tout roads power and proximity. New England is portrayed as losing ground with calls to pivot to a mature service economy but retain resources and skilled labor.
A critical look at Idea Killers who mock and ridicule new policies in politics. The piece argues for open debate on welfare reform and cautions against dismissing innovative plans as unworthy. It notes Reagan's decentralization proposal, Ohio and New Hampshire reactions, and a broader call to treat ideas as debatable rather than derisive.
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