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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1977
Page
4
An editorial recalls the 200 year old Walloomsac action that shaped the stirring history of Bennington. It honors real volunteers from New Hampshire Massachusetts and Vermont who joined Gen Stark in a hard life of pioneers seeking peace and freedom.
A columnist reflects on the bicentennial's lessons from 1777 and argues social change toward maiden names retention will boost reliance on numbers over names. It foresees widespread use of Social Security numbers, ZIP codes, and computerized tracking diminishing the importance of personal names in identification.
Editor notes a July first law change allowing right turns on red where not prohibited by signs. Signs at Putnam Square and nearby intersections planned. While awaiting signage, risky right side passes occur. Then a contrast is drawn between strike-affected Dayton firemen and volunteers at Bennington for the state firefighters convention and parade.
A Boston periodical critique argues ethics in U S politics is a chronic crisis. It traces moral judgments from Watergate to Korean lobby gifts, analyzing three attitudes shocked disappointed and realists, and profiles how Americans oscillate between idealism and pragmatism in public life.
Vermont supervisors received an energy- catastrophe memo from their plant engineer urging action before 1985. John J. McKetta, UT chemical engineer and past AIChE president, warned a severe recession will hit the U.S. by 1985 due to imported energy, government red tape, and optimistic 2000 forecasts.
In New York City violence and terrorism are deeply entangled with television coverage. The author argues that sensational reporting may incite killers and empower dissidents, turning crime into entertainment and shaping public fear. The piece notes circuslike TV portrayals, viewer saturation, and a troubling shift toward viewing real violence as normal entertainment.
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