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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corp at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues capital punishment is final and fallible, citing Freddie Pitts and Wilbert Lee freed after 12 years on death row in Florida. It notes a retracted key witness, a governor's pardon, and warns prosecutors often bury errors, urging Supreme Court review of constitutionality.
Confessions from California Patty Hearst have burdened her family with large expenses in two years. The ransom and ongoing legal fees strain the weekly allowance, though recoupment may be possible. A bestseller in Hearst’s memoirs looms, possibly rivaling another Californian ex President’s planned memoirs. Patty Hearst could appear on Today or with David Frost if released, and Nixon’s media blame could backfire on her family.
A NYT item on Theodore Newcomb’s 45 years study of college students prompts reflections on true learning. The writer recalls professors lessons about lookup skills, memory limits, and the lasting impact of exposure to poets and novelists, arguing college shapes reading, language retention, and goal‑setting more than factual recall. The piece notes that testing may miss these subtler outcomes and suggests future students may remember only the idea of forgetting.
The letter to the editor questions a Monday special session and possible Republican move to recess and reconvene later, arguing it would waste money paying 180 lawmakers for a day. It also covers crops forecasts, sunflowers, weather talk, fall foliage, and a reader plea linking gun control to the threat to hunting rights with calls to join NRA and Vermont Trappers Association.
A reader commends Gov. Thomas Salmon for calling the Vermont Legislature into a special session to address the state's tight finances. The letter rebukes critics who claim political motives and argues lawmakers often delay budgets until late in sessions. The writer believes the governor’s action highlights fiscal concerns.
MAX H. WEBSTER of 318 Silver St argues for a progressive approach to state finance in Vermont. He criticizes sales tax for its regressive impact and supports income taxes or splinter taxes if revenue can be raised without harming services. He warns inflation already cuts services and expresses willingness to pay higher taxes to protect public education and future generations.
Doris L. Bahan of Shaftsbury cites radical Women’s Lib advocates who urged Mrs. Ford to assume the presidency by proclamation if Ford were killed. She contrasts with Isabel Peron in Argentina and argues such groups hinder reconciliation with the National Liberation Front.
WASHINGTON. New Hampshire polls show Ford under pressure as Reagan gains among GOP voters, with 36 Ford, 30 Reagan, 34 undecided. Durkin’s NH victory over Wyman reflects Watergate fatigue and Nixon links harming Ford, while conservatives and media influence tilt NH away from the president ahead of a pivotal primary sequence. On the Democratic side, Jackson, Shriver, Bayh, Udall, Carter, Harris and others trail but undecided dominates, underscoring the need for a unifying candidate.
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