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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece argues Congress has enacted far-reaching campaign finance reforms awaiting Ford's signature, while criticizing his conditional amnesty program for draft evaders. It contends unconditional amnesty would better serve justice, assess the program’s loopholes, and urge a broader, more equitable approach to returning veterans and deserters to normal citizenship.
James E. Coleman Jr. reflects on school integration, bus desegregation, and the struggle for equal education in Boston New York and Detroit. He recalls reactions to Nixon’s benign neglect and the constant pushback against racial mixing in schools. The piece urges awareness of ongoing inequality and the need for real progress.
An introspective poem traces aging and memory, then shifts to a sharp critique of racial inequality in America. The writer condemns tokenism in politics while urging genuine freedom, dignity, and equal treatment beyond laws and speeches, highlighting daily indignities black people face.
An English fox disrupted a hunt by slipping into a pub in Oxfordshire. It climbed onto the roof, down the chimney, and out a back window, astonishing hunt staff and drinkers who called it a clever escape.
A Vermont writer riffs on Portugal's upheaval after a 40 year dictatorship, noting rising unemployment, inflation, cholera, and a shifting political landscape. He compares it to Vermont, warns against the myth of Portugal as paradise, and reveals his decision to stay in Vermont despite warmer climes.
Editor reflects on plentiful fall colors and favorable weather in Hoosick Falls. Indian summer warms mountains as snow recedes. Remembering Dr. Harry P. Harrison for fundraiser work at Maple Grove Cemetery. His funeral to be among the first on the cemetery’s new roads he funded.
Washington observers debate covert operations after Chile. Senators Abourezk Baker Weicker call for abolition or tighter oversight, while Church and Kissinger face questions about transparency and motive. The piece cites Nixon and remarks by Galbraith and Lippmann on accountability and democracy.
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