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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The piece criticizes Ford administration refusal to aid New York City during fiscal peril and Buckley’s opposition. It argues federal involvement spans welfare to subsidies and warns NYC default could destabilize municipal bonds nationwide, raising rates and costs for taxpayers. It also discusses presidential security after an assassination attempt and public reaction. It notes broader national tensions and calls for prudent measures without panic.
The piece argues editors should avoid sensationalizing killers and warns against overreaching gun control and preventive detention. It criticizes broad security fantasies, notes failures of existing laws, and cautions that conspiracy theories about Kennedy and Ford era crimes feed paranoia while obscuring tragic, reasonless events.
A Country Journal excerpt discusses E F Schumacher and the energy crisis, urging use of Vermont forests to replace oil and gas. It highlights whole tree logging, pilot wood to gas plants, and Forest Fuels demonstrations in New Hampshire. The piece argues wood can meet a substantial share of regional energy needs while creating jobs and preserving natural capital.
An opinion piece argues that postwar liberalization of arts has led to a culture saturated with pornography and violence. It cites William V. Shannon and Norman Cousins warning that privacy self-discipline and democratic values are eroded as depictions of shock and revulsion distort view of life.
A reader responds to Michael Lawrence Harrington's Sept 25 letter in The Banner. The writer favors responsible gun control, notes the Second Amendment's original context differs from 1975, and urges readers to understand the amendment in its entirety.
Yale Law professor Alexander M. Bickel, who died in November 1974, discusses consent as ongoing responsiveness in a posthumously published book The Morality of Consent. The piece contrasts gun rights rhetoric with communist claims and urges precise understanding through authoritative sources.
The author surveys public remedies to prevent political violence in the wake of Ford's near-fatal attack. He weighs tough criminal justice measures, press self restraint, gun control, and restricting politicians' public exposure, arguing only tighter conduct by public figures could be swiftly effective, while noting dangers of censorship and inevitability of media attention. The piece urges President Ford to model restraint and lead by example.
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