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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1974
Page
5
Local Red Cross reports an emergency as donations have dwindled and the North Street store room approaches empty. Residents are urged to search homes for garments to aid families hit by unemployment and financial hardship.
The writer argues Bennington area businesses overlook Bicentennial tourism. They cite a central New York City, highly industrial town that hired an outside firm to study traffic and advertising to attract weekend visitors without disrupting industrial activity.
Planner group projects weekend tourism from 1976 to 1977 at 10,000 visitors per weekend, totaling over one million people. Assuming $100 per person, weekend spending could reach $100 million across two years, signaling a major boost for Bennington's economy and urging action now.
In a letter from Arlington, Gerald Raftery argues against anti aid sentiment, noting both innocent and guilty prisoners exist in Vietnam. He describes Viet Cong tactics against state schools, including a brutal two step method, and invites readers to weigh justice, fairness, and safety in judging prison populations.
The text lists 28 proposals and satirical reforms for how to choose nominees, from banning hair dye and requiring physical and psychological exams to exposing campaign donors and demanding early vice presidential picks. It references Nixon era figures and ongoing campaign chatter about Reagan and Rockefeller as context.
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