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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays. It is published by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The federal task force study argues for raising the weight ceiling to 120,000 pounds and shifting more freight to diesel trucks to save fuel. It ignores rail's potential economies and notes that rail and road upgrades would be needed to support heavier trucks, as highway engineers previously opposed higher Interstate weights.
The piece contrasts trucking weight limits with rail investments and road safety concerns, arguing for safer highways and rehabilitated railroads. It then discusses an FBI agent calling Justice Department methods Gestapo tactics, criticizing name-calling while noting the Times report about sudden investigations.
A reader writes to Jerry Raftery in The Banner about a Tuesday Today show interview with a UAW official and Dr Sidney Harman of Harman International. The Bolivar Tennessee plant makes automobile mirrors and discusses daily productivity targets. The letter notes that if a worker finishes in five or six hours, several questions arise regarding work hours and efficiency.
Frances Ross argues non-violent economics lets workers leave plants if desired and take classes in math reading and welding. By understanding financial statements workers gain a real stake in labor management and stockholder decisions, unlike typical free enterprise systems. An intergalactic gin container arrives over New York, descending slowly, causing little public concern.
A comedic scene unfolds in New York as officers Perez and Flynn attempt to tow a heavy vehicle scooping gin across streets from Times Square to Lexington Avenue. The device films shoelaces, dogs are scooped for analysis, and the crew plans a next move while four youths salvage the wreck for under two dollars.
A Burlington Free Press look back at America’s love affair with cars from 1892 to the 1910s and beyond. It covers Duryea’s early start, the evolution of tires and roads, common long trip tools, growing industry breadth with 3000+ makes, and Vermont’s Wasp car by Karl Martin with exhibit details at the Bennington Museum from Aug 11 to Oct 20, 1976.
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