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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
An editorial notes a long standing belief that tax supported institutions overspend. It discusses the Bennington 18 month budget extending to July 1, previous worries of red ink, and the selectmen’s cutbacks and freezes. Now a surplus seems to have emerged with no clear loss of municipal services.
Town officials face a tight 1976 budget after voters approved the fiscal plan for July 1975 to June 1976. Selectmen expect to underspend and monitor the budget closely as federal revenue sharing remains uncertain and the Grand List awaits finalization. Budget chief Paul Sheridan calls the plan tighter than a snake’s skin amid hope of prudent spending.
Community volunteers report Ready access at Depot Street and North Bennington to recycle glass bottles by color and to collect papers and cans. Residents must remove metal rings from bottles but labels may stay, with cardboard and paper bags no longer accepted. The Berkshire Bennington Counties Recycling Council notes April totals: Bennington 12,500 pounds of paper, 4,400 pounds glass, 2,600 pounds cans, totaling 1,902.4 cubic yards saved across 15 towns.
The GSA seeks 1976 funds for Richard Nixon including 60 000 for pension 996 000 for staff and 10 000 for postage claiming two million letters await replies The piece questions if hiring staff to answer letters is best and proposes using postage stamps to fund responses or require personal replies to deter a comeback.
President Ford faces a hard task shaping a new world order as NATO evolves. The piece notes four years to forge the alliance, the need for fresh institutions, and rising Western challenges from Moscow amid shifting European loyalties. It highlights recent U.S. policy milestones and a West German Maoist stance aligned with Western unity against Moscow.
A New Times brief dispels chatter that Oregon plans secession and notes a proposed plywood barricade to deter imagined California incursions. The item reflects a local sentiment without endorsing the plan.
Delegates, including ministers and ambassadors, gathered at NATO HQ as President Ford arrived in a cavalcade. The discussion focused on Spain's Franco regime joining NATO, with European leaders opposing the move despite U.S. push, arguing Spain’s democracy and memory of 1940s alliances.
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