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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece denounces President Ford for granting Nixon an after-the-fact pardon and a near $1 million transition package, plus $96,000 yearly staff pay and a $60,000 annual pension. It warns Congress against approving extra funds, noting extensive payrolls and security costs still tied to Nixon at San Clemente.
Government watchdogs expose lavish travel and meals charged to Metropolit an Transportation Authority and Amtrak with little relation to work. The column commends Vermont Senator Robert Stafford for truthfulness on Watergate and urges accountability, noting public distrust and the ease of officials hiding in the system.
Senator from Vermont argues for pursuing Watergate truth through orderly legal steps. He supported a special prosecutor, Senate Watergate Committee, impeachment hearings, and Ford's appointment, while opposing Nixon's resignation to avoid leaving the case unresolved. He asserts the nation remains divided and uncertain about the truth.
In a forthright opinion, the author argues the Nixon pardon was premature and harmful, urging the nation to allow due process to run its course to uncover the truth. He warns that the pardon inflames wounds, hinders constitutional and judicial procedures, and risks eroding the Republic during a divisive election season. The piece champions truth, constitutional fidelity, and equal justice for all.
Vermont sport fishing looms large in the economy with a 1970 UVM study showing visitors spent about 25 million dollars on tackle food and supplies. The piece argues trout fishing defines the sport and celebrates the unpredictability of catching big fish, recalling memorable moments and broader reflections on fishing as a sport. It also references a CIA scrutiny over the word destabilization in a transcript involving William Colby and Rep. Michael Harrington.
Tom Braden challenges euphemisms used to alter the history of U S actions in Cambodia Vietnam and related events. He cites terms like incursion protective reaction search and destroy and pacification noting Orwellian warnings about linguistic evasions and the concept of destabilization as a softer label for political destruction.
Alison Arnold notes two Boston women extoll President Ford saying it is high time we had a president who gets his own breakfast. Mrs Ford shared a family breakfast joke during a White House tour calling for a toaster as the needed appliance.
The traditional American breakfast has faded to simple fare of coffee and toast with juice. Oatmeal, pancakes, doughnuts, beefsteak and pie have largely disappeared from daily morning meals despite cereal ads urging nostalgia.
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