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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1977
Page
4
The second museum column summarizes Ira Allen’s Vermont outlook urging openness to newcomers who till the land, fish the rivers, and raise livestock. He praises fertile soil, affordable fuel, and domestic industry while noting laws that protect farmers and a state whose growth hinges on animal husbandry, roads, bridges, and expanding towns.
In his remark on Vermont's wealth, climate, and people Ira Allen praises soil fertility, water, and livestock, notes light Revolutionary War taxes, and defends road quality while predicting future education goals and respect for the women of his era in the next installment.
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 125 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The piece weighs President Carter's $31.1 billion two year plan, notably a $50 rebate, against inflation risks and consumer behavior. It analyzes tax cut alternatives and the danger they pose to a balanced budget and health insurance goals, noting unresolved economist and political disagreements.
The piece weighs a 1) percentage point increase in the investment tax credit or a 4 percent payroll tax credit against direct public jobs and training programs. It notes tiny employer savings from payroll credits, limits on job creation, and political proposals by Marshall Ullman and others while warning that government tinkering offers uncertain, uneven benefits.
An editor notes six more weeks of winter per weather lore and quotes a safety advisory from the Insurance Information Institute about preventing burst pipes when heat fails in freezing weather. A tribute pays homage to Arlington resident Prosper Deschenes, now 90, for seven decades of town involvement and memories.
A compact catalog of sixty Vermont folk sayings in twenty categories. Notes humor that is biting and plainspoken, drawn from Muriel Hughes’s Vermont Proverbial Comparisons and Similes and adapted for lighthearted readership.
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