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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1975
Page
5
A nostalgic essay recalls setting hens and the changing poultry scene in Friendship Maine. The author shares anecdotes of banty hens, mallard eggs, and guinea fowl, noting the shift from natural brooding to incubators and urging readers not to break up a broody hen, as she once symbolized spring and prosperity.
A reader attacks the Bennington Program as phony educationally and argues Ray Murray should restore it to the Mt. Anthony School. The writer contends the program hides real student issues, inflates college placement, excludes dropouts, and misleads about academic outcomes.
A longtime Bennington Program critic argues the open admissions scheme harms students and bypasses school accountability. He cites parent concerns, district finances, and the need to fund main building programs while opposing the satellite effort at Mt. Anthony. He urges voters to decide the program’s fate.
A narrator recalls meeting a Washington tax lawyer who dismisses cattle as last year's shelter and describes shifting to mud turtles and foreign oil royalties as laws change. The piece laments the ever rewriting tax code and the missed chance to become a du Pont, ending with a tip to “get into mollusks” and a regretful reflection on opportunities lost.
25 years ago on April 14 1950 operations for complete reconditioning of Alumni Field on County Street were set to start Friday morning. Bennington High School principal Walter C Wood announced the plan. A fire damaged a Mill Street house owned by Adjutor Roucoulet, a truck gardener, when sparks from a wood stove ignited the noon hour blaze. Bennington Nature Club member Harry Ridlon described an Albino Frog noting five albino tadpoles last year with one becoming a frog devoured by a bullfrog. he also said bees were seen foraging. A newborn son Michael Royce weighed eight pounds 13 ounces to Mr and Mrs Laurie Hess of West Arlington. Photoplay notes Carleton Carpenter of Bennington is making waves in Hollywood.
Brief montage notes Thomas Riley elected governor of the Bennington Lodge of Moose. West Shaftsbury’s Jim Williamson upgrades a sugarhouse with a plastic hood for clearer interiors and syrup output around three gallons per hour. North Bennington High principal Catherine Corcoran reports teacher assurances from Supt Allan J. Heath and Mt Anthony Union Board chair Marion Taylor. A collage of historical vignettes recalls Civil War, Lincoln’s assassination, Taft's opening day, and milestones in politics and journalism.
The Oregon senator Mark Hatfield proposes a Simpliform plan that eliminates all deductions and taxes income in four lines. Its path to law remains uncertain as readers evaluate how it would affect the 1040 filing.
The text outlines a tax method starting with 10 percent of gross income and a $250 adult household credit. A surtax applies in tiers: 5 percent over $10,000, 10 percent over $15,000 plus a fixed amount, 16 percent over $20,000 with a higher base, 20 percent over $25,000, 25 percent over $50,000, and 30 percent over $100,000, increasing with income.
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