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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 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.
President Ford rejected Pan Am's plea for a 10.2 million dollar monthly subsidy, signaling a shift away from bailouts for big corporations. The decision draws conservative support and aims to curb taxpayer risk while noting Pan Am's costs from jet fuel and broader market pressures. Alternatives proposed by the Transportation Department include route abandonment, mergers, or possible government ownership of carriers.
The note highlights massive Hurricane Fifi damage in Honduras with thousands dead or homeless and promotes an emergency clothing collection by the Vermont Ecumenical Council. It also warns North and South Shire residents with page references for details and urges greater driver caution near school bus stops after a Pownal incident.
A Cape Cod observer argues for strengthening Vermont's 1973 bottle law, noting its success in cutting roadside trash while criticizing repeal efforts. The piece supports banning pop-top cans, pushing certifiable refillable bottles, and suggests universal standardized glass containers to ease grocer logistics and save energy.
Autumn arrives with cooled days and colorful Vermont hills as gardeners face a mystery shortage of canning jar lids rubber rings and jars. The writer notes a nationwide tinplate glass and rubber mystery affecting home canners with summer crops stored for winter. Charlie proposes recycling inner tubes for rings amid unclear explanations.
A Bennington reader rebuts Catharine O Foster's Sucker Pond article in The Banner claiming no mountainside or water supply issues. The writer says signs ban boating and pollution but not camping, disputes four wheel drive speeding, cites heavy rain as causing brown water, and offers to show Foster the site at 939 E Main St.
Bennington reader argues Gov Salmon mismanaged tourism and tax data. The letter urges a comparative 1973 rooms and meals tax report versus 1972 with a 1974 projection from early 1973 quarters. The writer questions how the Salmon administration will cover a looming general fund deficit and appeals to Al Moulton to restore the Beckoning Country.
Uncovered letters to The Banner complain about the Sept weekend antique car meet not being covered while noting Gilroy and committee spent hours and drew thousands of dollars into Bennington. The reader also cites Bondville Fair coverage from 40 miles away.
In a brisk press conference Sen. Howard Baker and Sen. Lowell Weicker advocate congressional oversight of CIA budgeting and operations citing Bay of Pigs Watergate and Chilean destabilization. The piece riffs on whether truth or deception can be maintained when probing secret actions and asks how Congress could oversee covert operations without disclosure.
Chris Ford, nine year old nephew of President Ford, was asked what he will call the new President. He replied with humorous candor stating I will call him Mr Uncle Jerry President.
A Wall Street Journal line expresses hesitation about criticizing the Movement while recalling a time when women were seen as different from the opposition. The quote reveals tension between past norms and present advocacy within a personal voice.
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