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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays. It is issued by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
A Mt. Anthony budget analysis urges careful review before voters act, warning against rash rejection and highlighting administration and finance committee roles. Separately, a Public Health Service report flags rising cancer and cirrhosis risks tied to habits, while noting gains in longevity and reduced poverty gaps in health access.
The piece surveys bare winter trees, praising structure and form after autumn leaf display. It contrasts elms oaks maples ashes and sycamores, highlighting the flowering dogwood as especially beautiful against winter skies. It notes dogwood’s horizontal limbs and lace-like silhouette.
Parents of Mt Anthony Union High School hockey players thank Harte Theatre for hosting a benefit performance on January 28 at 7 p.m. Two ski movies including one with Jean Claude Killy will be shown. Tickets are $2.50 sold by listed parents or at the box office. Letters to the editor are welcome with signature and address. donations help cover ice time and equipment. Bennington community figures Sandy Schneider, Marian Reickert, Jane Dimke and others invite support.
In The Banner a letter discusses a bill H 517 to end tax inequity where towns lose pole and line revenue when ownership shifts to telephone firms. Windham county Athens with 124 residents faces school crowding as it seeks to preserve local schooling and identity amid tax shifts.
In Vermont towns, pole ownership by two utilities creates uneven property tax income. CVPS sometimes owns poles outright or surrenders ownership to a telephone company, yet customers pay identical rates. Also discussed are medical malpractice caps as a stopgap, the need for insurer risk coverage, and calls for reform in assessor and lister practices to ensure up-to-date utility property records. The writer supports H 517 and cites local cases in Putney and Shrewsbury.
Reader cautions on pink fluorescent light in a film studio setting. Discusses health effects from Dr Ott and associates on mice and children, plus anecdotal notes on a baseball coach and players improving after changing to gray or removing red lighting.
In New Hampshire Reagan faces trouble beyond a gaffe over the 90 billion figure as a book titled Who the Hell is William Loeb? gains traction. It accuses publisher William Loeb of decades of manipulation and name calling at the Manchester Union Leader, with prominent locals backing Ford against Reagan. The book, sold 1500 copies in Dover and cited harsh epithets against public figures, becomes a political weapon as voters read in secret and consider how Loeb’s paper skews state politics.
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