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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
In North Bennington, villagers recount a rise in crime as the Bennington Police struggle to provide service under consolidation. Break-ins target a jurist, a fuel dealer, a retired teacher, a driver ed instructor, and a clergyman, with mailboxes vandalized and a church looted. Taxpayer withdrawals threaten to withhold funds to force action, as residents feel protection is not delivered.
A New York City columnist mocks U S foreign aid zeal, noting decades of Vietnam support and current big spend on Middle East aid. The piece jokes the city should declare war on rivals and lure Moscow with guns and butter, joking Beame to a White House dinner.
The piece describes how October air carries seeds for next summer’s life. Gossamer parachutes drift over meadows as thistle heads mature into silky fluff and tiny seeds. Goldfinches strip the heads to feed on the seeds, linking nature’s cycle to the season’s beauty.
For weeks streams of thistle fluff drift on autumn air and milkweed pods spread a fragrant shimmer. Most seeds fail to root, yet their journey marks the season as travelers of wind and memory.
The article argues President Ford’s speech clarified the path for New York City to face its debt crisis. It outlines political clashes, likely congressional action on bankruptcy measures, potential federal aid as debt certificates, and a future where city leadership must pursue self help while investors wait. It predicts a reinvigorated city by decade's end thanking Ford for a necessary reckoning.
John Fischer argues in Vital Signs USA that social inventors and regional planning experiments reshape society. Vermont's property tax rebates, land sale tax ideas, and local efforts mirror broader moves toward smaller communities and regional governance, offering cautious optimism amid national turmoil.
Nonsense quotation from a 20th century magazine notes a shift from helping the unemployed by buying apples to urging automobile purchases. The speaker’s line about a gate sign “Keep out, wolf at door” underscores a sense of economic strain and changing times.
Letter to The Banner urges voters to recall Ford's 1976 appeal for 60 million to aid Zaire while criticizing cuts to domestic programs such as a billion dollar reduction in food stamps. The writer claims Ford favors foreign nations over Americans and would cut social subsidies.
The speaker criticizes cutting one program while adding the same amount to a pet project, calling it robbing Peter to pay Paul. They warn Democrats in the presidential race risk division at the convention and urge unity behind a single candidate like Bayh or Church, hoping for consolidation in 1976.
Newport resident Rene Paquin writes to The Banner praising an amendment attached to the defeated 4 percent sales tax bill. He argues it would permanently end taxes on fuels and that the fourth penny would drop by end of 1976. Paquin urges readers to contact representatives to revive the bill in January.
Harry R. Montague of Westford argues Vermont has excessive government, overspending beyond revenue. He criticizes the Salmon Wilson Hacker team and the special session for producing study groups and crony promises, calls for no new taxes, reduced capital spending, consultant cuts, and leadership change to solve fiscal issues without new burdens.
Vicky Carpenter credits Bennington Police Officers William Pulver and Gerald LeBeau with preventing a fatal incident Wednesday night. She thanks Officer Pulver for shouting Watch Out and says his actions saved her life.
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