Pay check arrives to a tax patients in the delivery room
Russell Baker portrays a dar n satire of taxes as a paycheck undergoes a grim delivery room. Officials from Internal Revenue, state, city, and Social Security slice away portions while insurers and unions claim their dues, ending with a net pay that barely survives the week. The piece lampoons fiscal burdens and bureaucratic cost of living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Feds
Ford
Carey and Beame
Social Security Tax Hospital
Congress
Social Security
Wall Street
Letters critique youth needs panel at The Banner
In a January 9 letter a Bennington reader questions the panel on youth needs saying religious voices were absent though churches run the largest character building program. The writer asserts both churches and public schools shape youth and laments the panel failed to address moral values and moral authority.
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Banner
Bennington
Moral standards in schools and the fight against vice
Frederick W. Vogell of the Bennington Council of Churches argues schools bear responsibility for moral education beyond classrooms. He questions permitting alcohol at dances and calls for broader adult involvement in teaching ethics about alcohol drugs and sex, urging a united effort to celebrate the many youth not engaging in vice.
Amnesty and war resisters Letter to the Editor
John L. Chiellli objects to The Banner editorial on amnesty and Mauldin cartoon, arguing amnesty publicity harms deserters and draft dodgers. He asserts most so called war resisters fled to save themselves, calls for discipline and service to keep freedom, and cites Mill on war’s ugliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauldin
John Stuart Mill
Trains of the future may fly at US test center
The High Speed Ground Test Center near here, run by the Federal Railroad Administration and Urban Mass Transportation Administration, tests rail and airborne guideways at speeds above 250 mph. With 14 government staff and 350 private researchers, the facility plans 30 miles of track and 50 miles of concrete guideways for air cushion vehicles.
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United States
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
LIM
Grumman
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gerry Keyes
Grand Union opens Vermont store on Main Street in vacated site
Looking Back notes Grand Union Stores Co Inc of Vermont will open a new local store on Main Street inside the former A K Dallys Restaurant shop. The Winslow family deeded the Washington Avenue property to the local YMCA for community development.
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Grand Union Stores Co. Inc
Vermont
Main Street
A. K. Dally
Winslow
Washington Avenue
Pratt
YMCA
Alfred H. Winslow
Washington
Marion Hardy
Shaftsbury
Japan International Christian University Foundation
Pownal
Robert Lindsey
Arlington
Vermont Development Department
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Russell Baker
N.Y
Frederick W. Vogell
Council of Churches
John L. Chilelli
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Cor
Garret Corp
Rohr Industries Inc
Rohr
Rail Dynamics Laboratory
Richard Melton
Amtrak
Christian Science Publishing Society
National Potato Chip Institute
Aeronautics Commission
Thomas Nast
Harper's Weekly
Democratic Party
International Management Club of
Bennington County
Hoosick Area
John R. Smith
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington, Vt
Thomas Farnum
Triple
Grand Union
lWurre
Nichols
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