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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1976
Page
5
A physician strike over malpractice insurance premiums has paralyzed elective surgery and hit non-physician hospital staff, exposing a flawed medical pay system. The piece argues patients suffer most, predicts legislative and political defeats for doctors, and suggests a class action as a possible remedy.
Reagan faces backlash in New Hampshire over a proposed $90 billion federal spending cut and 23 percent income tax reduction. Ford allies seize on elder benefits fears as they push critics to focus on state taxes and program cuts. The debate centers on how and where funding would be replaced, with aides signaling surrogates will campaign on energy and economy issues.
Arlington letter responder Gerald Raftery rebuts Frances Ross’s Jan 13 piece on Angola. He asserts aid followed requests from Mobutu and Kaunda, cites Cuban forces and Russian material, Katangese mercenaries, and a pro Communist governor. He contends Ross underestimates MPLA strength and warns many African nations disagree with her view.
Letter to the editor from Jana Woldt thanks the anonymous finder who mailed back her wallet from Bennington containing money and papers. She notes the money was not returned and praises the act, and comments on a Banner feature about a Jewish community. Floydi LaBombard adds a wish for a resident rabbi in Bennington.
In a letter the writer corrects a prior piece about the Shaftsbury baseball team Eagles naming four survivors and adds four more players. The note recalls The Devil's Den cave near Hail Mountain, with childhood visits, local family ties, and a claim of Indigenous arrowheads nearby. Stories extend to Arlie Greene and a Boston Red Sox pitching offer, plus map name variations between Hail Mountain and Hale Mountain.
Norman Graham marks sixth year as superintendent of the state fish hatchery on South Stream Road as Bennington considers a North Pownal library with about 600 books donated. A large gathering is planned for the President's Birthday Ball in Bennington. Nine county towns will share 5,780 from Green Mountain National Forest receipts. The Bennington Library receives a Webster three speed record player and memorial records for Richard Alcott Gardner. Sinclair Lewis dies in Rome. Governors Hoff’s highway plan opens in Montpelier as national civil service and Prohibition anniversaries are noted.
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