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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1976

Page

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Mt Anthony Program stages gamma rays play amid family turmoil

The Mt Anthony Program presents The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds, depicting a troubled household led by a defeated mother portrayed by Kathy Brady with Linda King and Kathy Allen as her daughters and Kathy St. Gelais as an elderly tenant. Mary Campbell volunteers at the Bennington Redemption Center while Etola Brasie works in the Catamount Elementary School library.

Mt. Anthony Kathy Brady Linda King Kathy Allen Kathy St. Gelais Mary Campbell Bennington Redemption Center Etola Brasie Catamount

House cuts arms budget little in decade

The House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee cut the 106.7 billion military request by 800 million to 105.9 billion, the smallest reduction in ten years. The panel kept a 14 percent increase, citing Soviet buildup and election-year politics, with Rep. Mahon noting the aim to avoid sharp cuts and keep defense out of presidential politics.

Washington House Defense Appropriations Ford Administration Congress Mahon Soviet Union Sub Ford Ronald Reagan

Leahy Proposals Could Save Defense Spending, Panel Says

The Senate Armed Services Committee approved Leahy’s recommendations to save more than 39 million in defense spending and push stronger reliance on conventional defense programs. One recommendation, approved without dissent, concerned a specific measure within the budget plan.

Washington UPI Patrick Leahy D-Vt Senate Armed Services Committee Leahy

Carter Leads Ford In Washington Post Poll

Washington Post surveys 1,520 people shows Carter leading Ford 48 to 34 with 17 percent undecided in a Carter Ford race and 50 to 32 in a Carter Reagan matchup. The article notes stronger Democratic preference for Carter and forecasts unclear outcomes pending convention dynamics.

Washington Post Carter Ford Reagan Washington UPI Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan Kansas City Hubert Humphrey the Post Georgia The Post

Cuban connection eyed in JFK killing probe

Senator Schweiker said a Senate intelligence subcommittee found new material questioning the Warren Commission on Oswald's motive and possible Cuba ties. He cited withheld FBI and CIA information and warned a fresh inquiry could topple the Commission's lone assassin finding. The panel aims to draft a report and pass material to a permanent oversight panel.

Washington UPI Richard Schweiker Senate Intelligence Lee Harvey Oswald John F. Kennedy Pennsylvania Republican Intelligence Committee Warren Commission Oswald Dallas Schweiker CIA FBI Commission Kennedy Schwieker Allen Dulles Castro CBS Morning News Frank Church D-Idaho Senate R-Pa Hart

Retailers Rate Lawmakers on Vermont Business

A Vermont Retail Association survey shows the House votes aligned with business interests 50 percent of the time in the 1975-76 session while the Senate's rate was 40 percent. VRA says the data challenge the view that the House is more anti business. ratings cover hearings on key bills like tax, blue laws, and estate tax phase out. Expected end of month release notes governors candidates' ratings: Snelling 72 percent, Burns 33 percent, Alden 17 percent, O'Brien 35 percent. The report ties into broader questions of legislative consciousness toward business.

Montpelier UPI Vermont Retai Association State House Senate Vermont John Alden Windsor Brian Burns Burlington Robert O’brien Orange Richard Snelling Ashelburne

Diamond says legislature should decide anti-porn rules in Vermont

Vermont Attorney General M Jerome Diamond released a 35 page informal opinion urging voluntary action as the most effective weapon against pornography. He argued Vermonters can choose to close adult bookstores, and that the right to read includes the right not to read. He called for a statewide standard rather than local bans to ensure enforceability and consistency.

Vermont League of Cities and Towns Vermont Nicole Napoletano Worcester Mass Berlin Williston Pownal Rutland Berlin Town Local Health Board Napoletano’s Barre- Montpelier Road Navoletano Washington County Superior Court Diamond Benson Scotch

Inside items mix of world and local notes

A collage of headlines and blurbs covers diverse topics from a boy raised by monkeys in Africa and a former Marine leading a raid in Mexico to local school happenings, library details, and editorial snips, reflecting a broad newspaper snapshot across pages 2 to 13.

Africa Rockefeller Italy The Wadsworths Spiro Agnew MAU

Vermont utility head blasts politicians flim-flam tactics

Peter McTague of Green Mountain Power denounces candidates and the press as engaging in demagogic abuses of the First Amendment. He names Burns Hackel OBrien Skinner Jeffords and criticizes plans on state takeover of Vermont Electric Co public power nuclear shutdown costs and press apathy toward bold political claims.

Vermont South Burlington UPI Peter McTague McTague Green Mountain Power Co GMP Brian Burns Stella Hackel Robert O’brien Dorango County Scott Skinner U.S. Senate James Jeffords R-Vt Skinner Burns Vermont Electric Co Hackel O’brien Jeffords

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