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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. The notice lists the publisher and office location serving the Vermont community with regular print editions and distribution across Bennington County.
Editorial notes 1976 campaign money surge with $16.4 million ready for donors and a 40 percent rise from two years earlier. It suggests public financing like the presidential race could curb influence of big money and prompts Congress to revisit the 1974 Federal Election Law after a Supreme Court mandate. It warns lawmakers face a deadline to revise the law and consider public funding for congressional contests.
A Com mon Cause study warns of 242 new political contributing committees formed for the 1976 campaign that did not exist in 1974. Big business and corporate-led groups are shaping policy as public financing of congressional campaigns is urged. In Vermont, Stella Hackel enters the gubernatorial race, challenging Lt. Gov. Brian Burns, with Richard Snelling as Republican front-runner.
This long retrospective marks the 105th anniversary of the 1871 Catamount Tavern fire in Bennington. The piece recaps the tavern’s Revolutionary era role, its association with the Council of Safety and Vermont’s early government, and its standing as a landmark tied to Allen, Stark, Warner and Fay. It notes the Bennington Free Press coverage and the tavern’s building details, including location, construction and historical significance, with a teaser that the story continues.
Letter to The Banner presents a dreamy poem about a little house with a sunlit fireplace and starry lamp. The speaker longs for a winding road away from night goblins, a garnet rug, and a bed of comfort, praying to Saints Patrick and Kevin for the dream to come true at Bennington Convalescent Center.
Washington opinion weighs three contenders Morris Udall Henry Jackson and Jimmy Carter as strong capable figures each with distinct strengths and flaws Udall backs liberal causes but lacks union and urban machine ties Jackson wields deep ties with power centers defends Israel and faces foreign policy questions Carter a reform governor with centrist liberal mix but debated vision and Georgia background across issues the piece argues any could be a competent president urging careful judgment.
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