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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
In a North Adams letter Kenneth H Avery argues against energy shortages and nuclear safeguards, citing faith in endless oil and safe nuclear power. The piece notes the North Sea spill as a warning and questions President Carter and Congress to counter complacency before catastrophe, urging timely action.
The New Hampshire State Police ordered a group of Romany gypsies to leave the state amid suspicions of crime across towns in New Hampshire and Maine. Authorities said there is no solid evidence, but nonconformists are deemed unacceptable in the Granite State.
The Bennington Program team proudly handed Mt Anthony School Board a $13 000 check to fund one teacher in the program. The sum comes from processing about 1 300 000 cans and bottles at the center, illustrating learning by doing and a shift from discard to resource saving.
Sen Howard Baker proposes a citizen legislature with six to seven months of sessions each year. He argues outside earnings would support lawmakers, pay cuts would quiet pay protests, and closer ties to constituents would reduce lawmaking volume.
The piece recalls earlier musings on secession in Martha's Vineyard Nantucket and the Canadian Maritimes weighing independence from Ottawa. It notes Maine Vermont and the Cape islands forming a potential federation and declares Atlantis as the proposed name for this emerging nation awaiting its moment.
Berkshire history notes recount Col Joab Stafford and 41 volunteers who joined the Bennington defense in 1777. The Stafford Hill Patriots Memorial in Cheshire honors these men, with genealogical sources including Ellen Raynor and Emma Petitclere and a Robert Stafford letter about the engagement near a Hessian line and Loyalist redoubt.
A Massachusetts veteran admired by locals leads a bold assault against a Tory fort. He is shot in the foot but rises, urging his men forward as they breach the fort and press the attack. The scene features a determined elder and the fervor of the colonial fighters. (To Be Continued)
The narrative recalls a friend who sought the thrill of early air travel despite fears. From a five dollar sightseeing biplane crash near Toledo in the 1920s to multiple Newark to Cleveland DC flight disasters, he endures explosions, fires, and a collapsing seat, yet continues flying into old age. His bold attitude contrasts with others who gave up air travel.
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