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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
A Burlington Free Press opinion piece notes the Ford administration’s mixed purge of officials, praising reform in the CIA and defense that avoided full cleansing. It questions Richard Helms’s continued post in Iran, cites past Watergate ties, and argues a selective sacking signals a tainted clean sweep while urging constructive civic action and a reading on Children’s Book Week.
The piece surveys treasure hunting's high costs from the 1622 Florida Keys Spanish galleon sunk in a hurricane to modern ventures. It notes forty tons of bullion, costly salvage efforts, Florida's tax take, and bank ledgers valuing land securities as "treasure." It also recalls a Southern Oregon miner who spent decades chasing ore for only $50,000 found before the lode vanished again.
The ailing Justice William C. Douglas informs President Ford that his failing body prevents him from continuing his duties. After a stroke last winter, the once vibrant jurist faces the end of a 36 year bench career, a setback for a man famed for vigor and pungent opinions.
A long era ends with Justice William O. Douglas resigning from the Supreme Court. The text notes his role as a bulwark for an activist court and his lifelong belief in constitutional freedom and human dignity. His departure is portrayed as a final act of service to the nation.
A reflective piece on how modern newspapers and readers chase dramatic wording and tragedies. It muses that society craves concrete human events, recalling past vivid stories like the Edmund Fitzgerald wreck while urging readers to seek genuine, terse reportage amid a flood of self referential headlines.
The Student Activity Committee of Southern Vermont College thanks the staff and children of Bennigton Day Care Center for adding color to their first event in the student union. Children painted murals and built a miniature haunted house, creating the Halloween mood.
Students arrived in costumes for a Halloween event at the Apple Barn near the Everett estate meadows and orchards. The night was chilly and dark as the band Pork and Brass played for dancing at the party hosted by HOPE GAUCHER of Southern Vermont College.
Letter writers judge America’s stance on Vietnam aid as selfless yet faulted while noting Saigon blocks legal mail. They cite Senator Helms and Humphrey on halting grain to India over nuclear weapons, warn of proliferation, and predict rising Third World reactors by 1990 per the IAEA, signaling global insecurity.
Tom Braden argues that despite a London conference the US and allies show little resolve to curb nuclear material sales. France and West Germany pursue separate deals with nations like South Korea and Iran, risking rapid spread of materials. Braden urges using detente to deter, and urging Russia and China to join a Helms-like refusal to fuel proliferation.
A Bennington Recreation Department note thanks local merchants for cooperation in Halloween Activities Week. It encourages merchants to participate in Letters to the Editor with signature and address, notes letters under 200 words are preferred, and states all letters will be printed unless libelous or in poor taste. Roger Goodnow signs as Director.
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