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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial condemns Ford's conditional amnesty as insufficient and hypocritical after Nixon's pardon. It argues young deserters deserve equal justice, contrasts a nation with one standard of justice for those who fled and those who stayed to test the law, and says public mood remains outraged.
The 85 0 Senate vote made the 55 mile per hour limit permanent on U S highways. Since its Jan 2 introduction during the oil crisis, traffic fatalities fell by about 6 000 versus expectations, with the measure credited for saving lives. Detroit and U S automakers supported the limit, arguing it preserves sales for high horsepower cars. A letter to The Banner discusses primary election rules in Vermont and political reform, noting the clash over cross filing and independent bids. EDWIN A. COLVIN
Marie and Robert Condon of North Bennington argue against President Nixon era amnesty plans for Vietnam War resisters. They contend leniency via civilian service would perpetuate bitterness, neglect millions with less than honorable discharges, and fail to restore civil rights for draft resisters and WWII cases, urging unconditional amnesty instead.
Arlington resident Gerald Raftery argues that The Banner’s Sept 11 editorial miscast CIA actions in Chile as offensive, claiming they were defensive against Russian funding and media campaigns. He asserts democracies are imperfect but still prefer democracy to dictatorship and criticizes liberal apologists for allende.
Frank Mercier from 121 McKinley St thanks The Banner for publishing Aiken and consumer letters and for its media facilities aiding a nationwide publicity campaign. He praises the cooperative local news media and notes the benefits come from the Banner's cooperation.
The narrator notes early fall hints from color on Glastonbury ridge and Stratton Mountain, cooling ponds, woolly bear caterpillars, and blackberry abundance. A jelly project grows from an intended four quarts to twelve quarts picked with Charlie, yielding 25 glasses of burgundy jelly at low cost, despite scratches and purple stains.
The Fund for Peace hosted a two day talk on the CIA arguing that critics exaggerate agency faults. The writer asserts presidents ordered actions from overthrow of Allende to Bay of Pigs and that the CIA simply carried out orders. He dismisses calls to disband or tightly control the agency, noting it would be hard to replace such a secret operation unit and that public fear distracts from policy critique.
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