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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located on Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The piece argues the Army secretly spied on prominent figures including Muskie McGovern Kennedy Marshall Sargent Hoff and Hayes under Johnson and notes the case before the Supreme Court seeks to destroy and declassify the files. It warns such surveillance reflects dangerous civilian military overreach in an open society.
The proposal would end the federal tax exemption on municipal bonds and replace it with a one third direct subsidy to municipalities. Taxable bond income would offset with new IRS revenue, while investors such as pension funds could accept lower yields. It targets high earners who avoid taxes and argues a broader benefit without harming state and local borrowing.
Architectural critic laments drive in bank expansion eroding New England towns. Historic Windsor Inc fights to save Windsor House, a Greek Revival building, from demolition for a bank branch with support grants and town meetings looming. Other towns face similar losses to drive in banks, prompting protests and heritage concerns.
Letters from the Voice of the Unborn denounce the Vermont Senate bill as a threat to unborn life and warn of a two thirds medical board deciding abortions. The author urges constituents to contact their House representative, framing the issue as a defense of innocence and a test of Vermont values. The piece also touches on national campaign financing and remarks on Muskie and McGovern reactions.
Tom Braden argues new rules will require names and amounts of contributors within five days of a federal election. The law avoids retroactivity, leaves primary anonymity, and does little to curb corporate or union influence or corrosive fundraising. It promises only modest transparency and questions how politics can be funded without corruption.
A shorthand political critique portrays a skilled leader promising resolve amid crisis, presenting himself as the sole savior against looming turmoil. The piece stresses charisma over concrete policy, channeling public fear to bolster a single candidate.
A Vermont mountain town recalls annual Town Meeting with citizen participation and changing faces yet enduring democratic spirit. The author notes weekend leisure at Skylark, reports sightings of robin and songbirds, and describes spring's slow arrival amid snow and wind in an intimate local snapshot.
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