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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1975
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 424 Main Street Rennington, Vernant 05204.
A university press analysis argues grade inflation is rising at UMass Amherst and Williams College while SAT scores for entering freshmen fall, suggesting professors lower standards due to 1960s campus pressures. The piece warns that easier grades erode diploma value and harm students and institutions.
A reader letter urges action by Senator Cummings and the Joint Fiscal Committee, meeting December 10, 1979 in Montpelier, on funding a Vermont Bicentennial steam passenger train between Rutland and Bennington. The note stresses Bennington’s high income tax rate and cites 1978 bicentennial events including the Battle at Bennington.
Bennington would become the historic center of action in Vermont as the Vermont Bicentennial Steam Expedition raises interest. A 50 percent visitor increase is expected, boosting employment in hotels, restaurants, service stations, and other businesses during two long seasons. The train service may foretell a new regional mass transit, easing dependence on cars amid rising fuel costs. The plan envisions Rutland and Burlington benefiting, with cooperative efforts from Rutland and Burlington teams.
A letter from the Bennington Bicentennial Committee urges state support for a steamtrain passenger line on Vermont’s west side. It argues the service could boost tourism and imitate a permanent route, though feasibility remains unclear. Readers are urged to consider Nostalgia and rising fuel costs as factors.
A man recounts narrowly escaping a garbage truck incident as it dumped waste and he fled into his Chevy II. He searches for the driver, warning others to beware of trucks with Blue International cabs, fearing being buried alive in two tons of garbage. Bennington.
A light column by Sunderland collects miscellaneous facts and quips from politics to pop culture. It jokes about the CIA nickname, US Congress elevators, New York City education perks, and oddities from Spain to Switzerland, ending with quirky crime notes and a restaurant slogan.
Washington columnist recalls early presidential politics and the evolving primary system. He discusses Secret Service, 1976 NH returns, and the move from electoral college to extended primaries, predicting Jimmy Carter’s Florida test and noting candidates like Wallace and Reagan.
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