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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper published by Banner Publishing Company at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201 with no Sunday or holiday editions.
The piece argues a national middle class Taxpayers Revolt spans to Vermont with Rutland and Bennington examples shaping opposition to high local taxes. It notes growing homeowner representation, rising property taxes, and reappraisals driving anger toward school bonds and local expenditures. It calls for tax reform to reduce reliance on real estate taxes and curb local misallocations.
A February letter from Vernon College faculty and concerned citizens calls for a moratorium on new nuclear power plants. It warns of radioactive atmospheric pollution and potential contamination of milk, stressing urgency for safety answers about a plant nearing Vernon completion.
A fictional tale portrays Herbert Hustler using a tax exempt foundation to fund a congressional bid. The piece suggests the Hustler Foundation spent about 150000 dollars from earnings, saving taxes and enabling a seat for a cost around 30000, raising concerns over political use of foundations. It notes lawmakers seek tax law reforms to keep foundations from politics and cites Wright Patman’s investigation. The narrative also includes a clarification from Max Rafferty denying involvement with a Poole judgeship.
In a Montpelier filed piece the Vermont winter has produced up to 90 inches of snow with two thousand five hundred miles of two lane highways, a 500 man crew, 275 plows and 34 graders costing about 3 million by December. The writer argues that guard rails, by forcing slower plow speeds and complicating mowing, raise maintenance costs and taxes while suggesting wider rights of way and fewer guard rails could halve costs and improve safety.
A sequence of letters to The Banner editor discusses television appearances by the Vermont governor and hosting stations WVNY and WCAX-TV. Comments defend the governor against claims of using TV to dodge questions, praise public broadcasts, and urge civic engagement. Other letters urge humane deer feeding during winter and address urban crises, with various signatories including Joseph Newlin, Charles Griffith, William Stuchel, and James A. Linen.
In Montpelier the GOP leadership publicly faulted the press after ousting Francis Persch from the Ways and Means panel and installing Peter Giuliani. House Speaker John Burgess cited media speculation as driving the action, while Arthur Gibb’s resignation and Burgess’ reshuffle followed.
The sales manager mocks Bob Smith for forgetting the cigarettes yet Bob returns from lunch with a surprising half million dollar order after meeting the reclusive old customer Gotrox. The secretary and manager react to the irony in a humorous exchange from Family Circle.
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