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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1977
Page
4
An abr and hinihersh appears daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Town manager notes nearly 500000 dollar public works allocation arrived unexpectedly and will not be spent immediately. He warns against delay due to statewide EDA concerns. Manchester plans appear sensible and aimed at broad benefit, contrasting with yesterday’s 781000 reprogrammed award for Highgate Center to build a new facility.
Sen. Robert T. Stafford, ranking Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, says the final allocation change for the $4 billion public works bill may be the last. He expects no third EDA funding round and criticizes funding methods for creating chaos and ill will while aiming to create jobs.
Editor notes mark August 16 as the 200th anniversary of the New York State battle that put Bennington in history, with a Saratoga parade at the race track near the historic oval. The piece also praises Mt. Anthony’s new principal Donald Banchik for his visible, student-centered approach.
A compact portrait of Joseph Rudd Jr born 1740 in Windham Connecticut and dying 1818 in Bennington Vermont. He prospered in Bennington as a public figure with log home built 1765 and a church pew while fighting in colonial wars and the Revolution. He shared a lengthy family line back to Jonathan Rudd and Abigail Hartshorn at Bride Brook. His widow Sarah Story survived him to 1842.
A historic profile traces Joseph Rudd and his wife Sarah Story Rudd and their eight children. It highlights Sarahs harrowing Bennington Battle flight in 1777, the family farms in Pleasant Valley, and the spread of Rudds across the United States. The upcoming piece will recount Sarahs pursuit of a federal pension based on Josephs Revolutionary War service.
In a light tone piece the author notes men's hats are resurging in the United States. Sales rose from a low of 175 million to an anticipated 600 million this year, aided by the three piece suit revival. The essay praises headwear on both men and women and ends with a playful family line about 1977 fashion.
Gladys Lodge, Legislative Chairman of the Vermont Natural Food and Farming Association, argues wind power and other renewing energy sources can achieve genuine U.S.A. energy independence. She criticizes nuclear power costs and calls for large-scale development of wind, hydro, and renewables.
The Banner prints a call to citizens to support the Mini-bus service run by BRTI. It warns that winter and rising gas costs threaten discontinuation unless people choose transit, encouraging readers to pick up a schedule at 339 Main St or hail a North Pownal bus.
Lawrence E. Harrington defends a letter about an ideological split in China and rebuts a Putnam Square Cynic. He critiques the cynic’s personal attack as a distraction from core issues and questions anonymity in editorial responses.
A Philadelphia friend’s tale recalls a suburban man famed for accidents attempting to paint his house. He rigged his wife’s car to hoist him from scaffolding, slid down a roof, and ended with paint splattered on him as neighbors heard the crash.
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