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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues the FCC decision relaxing the equal time rule shifts influence to TV news editors and could boost debate access for challengers while risking bias. It notes the change may aid serious candidates and reduce campaign costs, but warns of potential network favoritism and reliance on the fairness doctrine. The piece links national media policy to Vermont and Sunderland local politics, urging informed voter participation.
In a Letters To The Editor piece, contributors denounce gun registration as a path to confiscation and fear for freedom. They accuse Congress of political expediency and warn that registration would enable seizure of guns from felons or the mentally ill, labeling the plan as dangerous and hypocritical.
A voiced railing against gun registration argues it won t curb crime or revolutions and warns that gun laws won t stop organized crime or militant groups. The writer claims leadership gaps, urges grassroots action, and urges courts to uphold rights to bear arms for protection and hunting. Bennington.
Walter Farrar of Hallandale Florida argues the Israel Egypt peace agreement risks repeating Vietnam. He contends the US is financing billions in aid and deploying hundreds of specialists to radar tracking sites, urging funds be redirected to troubled American cities.
The Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences sponsors an upcoming Park-McCullough House event. Submissions welcomed are poetry, short fiction, or sections from longer works. Send material to Robert Sugarman in Shaftsbury Vermont 05262 before the deadline.
The writer chronicles peak foliage on the mountain near Searsburg after Labor Day, noting vivid colors, then transitions to observations about goldenrods, hay fever myths, woolly bear caterpillars and their winter forecasts. A rare deer sight in Bennington adds a wildlife moment, ending with concern for the fawn’s safety.
A philosophical debate on arms to Turkey and Cyprus, pitting Congress’s principle against Kissinger’s pragmatism. The Turkish invasion of Cyprus with U.S. arms tests whether the nation should withhold weapons for aggression or defer to strategic interests. The piece weighs who runs foreign policy and what the United States truly stands for beyond self interest.
A humorous exchange where a blue-jeaned youth seeks world solutions from his father who admits he lacks answers due to not being young enough. The quip reflects generational perspectives on modern dilemmas.
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