Stratton ski road questions politics and costs
Vermonters who paid nearly a third of a million dollars for a Stratton Mountain ski access road now face deterioration less than two years after construction. The piece critiques standards, calls Stratton a rush job, and questions how politics, ski interests, and road funding drive access roads to private lands and other ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton
Eco
Caracciola
Bennington
House
Highways and Bridges Committee
Stratton Corporation
Laine Vance
Ways and Means
Planning Commission and the New Bennington Post Office
The Rural Taxpayers Association published a notice misrepresenting The Banner coverage of the Bennington Regional Planning Commission meeting on August 21 about a new post office. The Banner confirms staff coverage by a different reporter and notes the commission seeks consultation, not a stance, on post office plans. The piece urges preserving and renovating the current post office and questions the Elm Street site choice and related costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Taxpayers Association
Bennington
Commission
Planning Commission
Post Office
Post Office Department
Elm Street
Regional Planning Commission
Negro Grievances Focus of March on Washington
In Washington the march planned by government and Negro leaders aims to protest for redress of rights without violence. Roy Wilkins stresses the march is not a rebellion against the U S government, seeking lawful rights for non white citizens within the normal prerogatives of American citizens.
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Washington
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
United States
Afri
Congress
Letter on school integration and economic rights in America
A writer argues that African Americans seek integration not abolition but equality within the current social order. The piece cites Supreme Court decisions on school desegregation, the unfinished business of abolishing the badges of slavery, and the two waves of grievances focusing on discrimination and poverty.
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Justice Harlan
Supreme Court
Sparks from the Forge A Tour of Laputan Lab
The narrator recalls visiting a Grand Academy lab in Laputa with Dr. Gulliver to inspect non lethal weapons research. Scientists showed aims to incapacitate foes with mood altering sprays while preserving benevolent surroundings and flowers. The chief explains funds rose from 6.5 to 114.5 million, seeking a wind releasing atomizer spray to lure enemies to surrender.
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Lemuel Gulliver
Wall Street Journal
Grand Academy
Laputa
Gulliver
Bennington Banner details and publication note
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont.
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The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Negroes challenge parties on principle in nationwide protest
AP analysis reviews Wednesday's civil rights demonstration led by Martin Luther King Jr. and its warning that without equal citizenship rights, violence and unrest may continue. John Lewis calls out political leaders while King emphasizes nonviolence as essential for justice amid ongoing discrimination.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Congress
King
America
Montgomery, Ala
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Asia
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Bennington South Supervisory Union
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Landgrove
Academy
Bennington Banner
World Today
Associated Press News
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Party of Principle
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Party of East
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Goldwater
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India
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