Progress in automobile design through early innovations
After Bennington's 10th antique auto show, the article surveys evolving car tech from the self starter to hydraulic brakes, automatic spark advance, and demountable rims. It highlights early electric starters in 1911, power brakes by 1925, and tilting cabs, steering locks, and selective gear systems as steps in making driving safer and easier.
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Duesenberg
Chrysler and
Stutz
Reo
Franklin
General Motors
Ford
Indiana
Reeves
Premier
Pierce Arrow
Pierce
Bennington Banner Details Publication
The Bennington Banner is published daily excluding Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 125 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
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The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Carter energy cabinet idea gains support in editorial view
The editorial argues Carter's proposal to merge energy agencies into a single cabinet department is sensible and may signal future reform. It notes Nixon's 1973 Operation Independence aimed at energy independence by 1980, but by 1976 a comprehensive national energy policy remains unrealized with no clear plan.
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Jimmy Carter
Nixon
U.S
Carter Sees Energy Issue Need Coordinated Federal Effort
The speaker argues for a federal energy department or agency and a coordinated national plan to address dwindling energy and rising costs. Carter’s proposal is hailed as a sensible first step in tackling the world reaching energy problem and inflationary pressures.
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Carter
Reading Proficiency Stable in 1970s Says National Assessment
A national organization finds no overall decline in reading ability among elementary and secondary students in the 1970s. Nine-year-olds show notable improvement, aided by renewed emphasis on reading instruction at the elementary level. The report calls for stronger secondary reading programs and cautions that results are general.
Letelier Assassination Sparks U S Chile Critique
The bomb killed Orlando Letelier in Washington on Embassy Row. The former Chilean ambassador to the United States and ex cabinet member under Allende faced exile as Chile’s junta seeks to justify its actions. The piece urges U.S. accountability for its role in Chilean politics and calls for reassessment of support to the regime.
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Orlando Letelier
United States
Salvador Allende
Washington
South America
Letelier
Chile
Allende
Junta
Letters Propose Hanging Capital Punishment on TV
MALVINE COLE of Stratton argues in The Banner that Vermont governor candidates support the death penalty by hanging. She urges legislation requiring televised executions to deter crime, claiming public spectacle on TV would educate citizens and avoid private killings. She dismisses electric chairs.
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Vermont
Snelling Backed By Local Voter On Equal Rights
Claire Duke of Barre Town writes in The Banner praising Dick Snelling for supporting equal rights and acknowledging bias against women. She quotes his view that a female candidate may face disadvantages but urges voters to judge him on ability to perform the job. Ballot reflects 1976 election context.
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Dick Snelling
Humorous quips on brokers and bills from readers
A humor capsule contrasts an impecunious man joking about brokers with a patient who blames his psychiatrist for growing problems. The exchange, from UTV News Truth and the Wall Street Journal, showcases witty one liners.
Rosalynn Carter Aims To Be A Guiding First Lady Figure
Rosalynn Carter, wife of the presidential candidate, appears at the California premiere of Eleanor and is described as a poised, independent, and capable partner. The piece portrays her as a strong advocate for mental health, retardation care, and aging, with a hands on role in her husband’s campaigns and governance, highlighting her influence and practical, down to earth Southern roots.
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Rosalynn Carter
California
Eleanor
Carter
Eleanor Roosevelt
Carters
Naval Academy
Rosalynn
Rose-alynn
Plains
Southern California Psychiatric Association
Jimmy
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