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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1977
Page
5
Boston writer notes the era of currency swings and strikes makes women a fallback topic. It tracks Betty Friedan and Prof Steven Goldberg, the press, and the QE2 tour as feminism shifts from radical to mainstream, while revolutions mellow into everyday life.
The writer argues that using personal income as the basis for school tax aid and local levies is fairer than fair market value. He notes legislative moves to use adjusted gross income and questions the impact on land use controls, zoning, and residents’ ability to pay. He urges aligning local school taxes with personal income to avoid unequal burdens.
Looking Back covers a Bennington two week motorcycle trip by Mr. and Mrs. Francis Frazier, 4200 miles on 90 gallons of gas, eight quarts of oil, plus 4-H foods projects in Bennington County with blue ribbons won by Dorset and Pownal youths. Also reports a Nantasket Beach visitor aged 83, a Bennington Airport funding debate with local tax concerns, a theft at a Ford garage, a fire at St Johnsbury Trucking Co terminal, and a contentious proposal for an income tax to fund school costs with detailed figures and further letters to follow.
A reader argues against moving the food stamp program to HEW, asserting it supplements dietary intake, not cash income, and defends USDA administration. The letter cites SSI participation, stigma, and regional impact in Vermont, urging continued USDA control and clarifying the program’s purpose.
The piece argues that Maryland shows Civil War era memorial duality between Union and Confederate memories while Kent State University faces building a gym on the site of the 1970 student killings. It compares memorial sensitivities across eras, urging respect for both sides and rejecting obscuring the fallen four with construction.
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