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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
An editorial argues Ford's proposed income tax cuts and petroleum taxes will raise heating and gasoline costs in rural New England. It warns higher heating oil and gas prices burden winter residents, who must curb usage or endure higher bills, noting pump priming is hard when pumps are frozen. It urges efficiency and mass transit as alternatives.
Public school districts face forced budget timing as February approval deadlines lock in estimates before current funding results are clear. Officials must craft next year’s budget with uncertain data, risking misleading figures that hinder short and long term planning and clarity on tax costs.
The Bennington Rotary Club donates 1000 to support a historic route linking local sites. The grant matches a state Bicentennial Commission award for a proposed bikeway. A county map appeared in Tuesday's Banner, with work by the bicentennial subcommittee noting the project is a route, not a fixed bikeway.
In this opinion piece Loeb rails at the New York Times for its lead story on CIA espionage against domestic dissidents. He accuses the paper and President Ford of bias, claiming the Times protects revolutionaries while denigrating security measures and civil rights. The column argues for a tougher stance on subversive activity.
A controversial statement asserts that revolutionary groups inside the United States are funded from abroad and linked to Communist nations. It argues CIA focus should be foreign intelligence, not domestic, and labels the New York Times and liberals as naive for not recognizing a worldwide plot. It cites the IRA and Arab terrorists as international agents supported by Soviet Russia, Red China, and other Communist satellites.
Immigration officials estimate six to seven million illegal entrants, with 1.3 million in the metro area. The piece argues for economic penalties on employers who hire illegal aliens, abolition of labor certification, and first-come visas for legal entrants, while linking amnesty to reduced illegal immigration. It criticizes Senate inaction and calls for stronger enforcement and simplified admission procedures.
Washington readers debate if Nixon resignation proves a lawful system or exposes a drift toward an all powerful presidency. The column contrasts editorials, Congress dynamics, and fears of recurring Watergate style abuses, urging vigilance as crisis remains chronic.
A beginner boasted of a long drive after a round while a friend quipped the shot couldn’t be stuffed. In a separate exchange a candidate claimed the election was rigged, joking that voting for himself three times led to unanimous defeat, as noted in a Bits and Pieces item from the Wall Street Journal.
Vermonts mineral wealth drove post Civil War growth in marble granite and slate with Barre becoming a world center. Proctor wealth funded libraries and multicultural schooling, notably Miss Emily Proctor’s multilingual children’s books and national days at Proctor Free Library, shaping community and identity for generations.
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