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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The piece argues that Wall Street theories on stock performance portend trouble for the Ford administration as the Dow falls and GDP growth slows from 9.2 percent to around 3.5 percent. It notes rising inflation, higher unemployment, and wages not keeping pace, undermining the slogan you never had it so good. The analysis warns the economy’s weakness hits the Republicans at a bad political moment.
The piece criticizes lawmakers for accepting free travel to study abroad or visit other regions at taxpayers expense. It highlights James M. Jeffords who refused such invitations, praising his integrity. It contrasts with former Sen. George Aiken who never left the country during his long service.
An open letter to Vermont leaders argues the vote to abolish rural state police outposts ignores Touche Ross advice and wastes tax dollars. It outlines three funding options for rural areas if outposts end, including sheriff deputies, town taxes, or forming local departments, and questions whether voters will hear these facts.
A Whitingham reader defends the state police outpost program, claiming residents in Lon donderry and Whitingham favor living with an outpost trooper. The letter argues outposts enable preventive, flexible, neighborly policing, contests misleading cost figures, and urges legislators to support keeping the system.
The North Bennington Thrift Shop, run by United Counseling Service, has served the public for over four years aiding those during high inflation. Patrons include students, seniors on fixed incomes, and others seeking bargains while supporting UCS charitable work. A local scholar wrote of Paris thrift shops versus North Bennington, praising our shop's value and savings for good causes. White Creek, N.Y.
Two women chat about rising divorce rates with a joke about “family” men. Capper's Weekly notes Woody Allen quips about his tape recorder failing to listen, paying $150 for a device that says it knows nothing. Parade reports light humor on relationships and gadgets.
The movement, highlighted at Vermont garden clubs and The Nature Conservancy meeting, seeks to pool business, civic, and philanthropic support to shield two or three ecologically important sites in each state. Spearheaded by Nathaniel Reed, it targets $200 million for 1977–78 and lists prominent backers from industry and academia.
Porter Briggs 35 of Little Rock resigns from HUD and as a White House fellow amid a Washington ad controversy. An associate placed a notice implying Briggs could influence policy, prompting Hills Hasenkamp and fellow alumni to urge introspection. The episode marks a forced departure amid post Watergate scrutiny.
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