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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial notes Bennington endures two blows as W T Grant Co goes bankrupt, leaving a hole in retail and tax base while a proposed Vermont bicentennial steam train excursion may be canceled. The town hopes the chain is purchased and the Grant store reopens, urging local officials to assist.
The Vermont scene shows local push to restore steam train service along the Bennington Burlington route with hoped for funding for track fixes. Officials praise the legislature for timely action while warning funding may be modest but still valuable for unity and bicentennial presence.
A Bennington Museum slide show organized by Joseph Parks drew many visitors, highlighting the Battle of Bennington of 1777. The feature offered a vivid terrain overview and cast of characters, boosting local and tourist interest in our early history during bicentennial years.
A Letter To The Editor urges readers to consider the impact of the Day Care Center appropriation on unemployment in Bennington. It praises the center's childcare quality and notes letters must include signature and address, with a preferred length of 200 words or less, though all letters will be printed unless libelous or in bad taste.
A letter signed by Janet A Henry and Irene Sorel along with several residents from Bennnington urges voters to back child care funding to help single parent families, working parents and hyperactive children, describing needs for supervision and growth spaces. The petition requests a Yes vote on March 2.
Gail Parker details painful debates over tenure size and curriculum, warning the college risks bankruptcy without hard choices. She recalls 1960s democracy clashes, the 1975 building costs, and faculty resistance as trustees pressed reform amid concerns over value and independence.
Vermont, now 75 percent forested, faces a 1897 Organic Act restriction on clear cutting. Federal court actions in West Virginia and Alaska halted timber sales, prompting calls to repeal the act. Foresters advocate selective cutting tailored to ground conditions, stressing reestablishment of hardwoods and deer habitats over rigid old rules.
In San Juan 39 year old Governor Rafael Hernandez Colón pushes for associated statehood as Congress hesitates over his bill offering exemptions from wage laws and environmental rules. With unemployment high and poverty rising, opponents back statehood or independence, while Hernandez argues for austerity measures to attract labor intensive industries and fast action from Washington.
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