Tax Talk and Testy Tone in Vermont Letters
Reader letters critique a proposed sales tax as a burden on Vermont families, flag greed of the rich, defend welfare and Medicare, praise arts funding, and note strong SLP results. Residents from Bennington to Montpelier urge action against tax hikes, while others defend social programs and applauded arts programs.
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Vermont
Vermont Council On the Arts
Vermont Art Teachers Association
Bennington
Arthur F. Williams
Council On the Arts, Inc
Montpelier
Southern Vermont highway progress praised by readers
Lawrence E Harrington of Woodford praises Southern Vermont lawmakers for press coverage and urging highway development while criticizing don’t change the House Un-American Activities Committee stance. He challenges the newspaper to name a single incident supporting its accusations and denounces gun control and drug policy as overreach by the Banner.
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Vermont
H.J. Wallace
Cear
Wallace
House UN- American Activities Committee
America
Lawrence E, Harrington, Woodford
Letters From Vietnam Include Dirty Bags Gift And Peace Reflections
A Wilkes-Barre reader’s letter from Barry M. Miller describes a 92nd Finance Section unit at Cam Ranh Bay receiving Red Cross Dirty Bags, expressing gratitude and urging peace talks in Paris. The Banner highlights reader letters, encouraging signed brief contributions and noting their value in a community newspaper.
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American Red Cross
Barry M. Miller
Charles St
Wilkes-Barre
92Nd Finance Section
Cam Ranh Bay
Vietnam
92Nd
Cam Rahn Bay
Offers New Beltline Route in Bennington Debate
A letter column opinion challenges the Beltline Plan published in The Banner on January 10. It argues the beltline would worsen traffic, threaten tax base, and urges routing it outside the village to protect homes and values, naming residents and local streets and calling for a January 29 meeting.
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Banner
Variety
Bennington
Gage Street
Marie Legacy
Fair land tax plan: income, sales and land reforms proposed
Herbert G Ogden of Hartland argues Vermont should modernize local finance with a land tax on wealthier land holders and a sales tax to fund income and welfare. He suggests replacing market value property taxes with a general land and income system, funding schools and building costs through town income taxes and state aid, and abolishing special relief for the elderly and farmers. He claims savings in assessor staff and reappraisals would follow.
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Vermont
United States
Brotherhood of Man
Highway Dept.’s
New York
Troy
Rt. 9
Brattleboro
N.Y. 7
Pownal
U.S. 7
Manchester
Chapel Hill Road
Bennington
Robert V. Jones
The
Bennington Sisters
Banner
Maine
Tax Department
Davis
Sunderland Voters Urged to Support New School Plan
In a letter to residents directors defend unified decision making and state education rules. Eleanor M Raftery and Clifton Hall urge Sunderland to vote February 8 for the new school as costs rise and inflation outpaces income.
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Sunderland
Vermont Railroads Tax Bill Sparks Transport Debate
President of the Rutland Railroad Historical & Technical Assn argues against allowing Vermont towns on rail lines to impose taxes. He warns higher taxes would burden all Vermonters and hasten abandonment of weaker lines, noting postwar shifts to autos and trucks reduced rail freight and urging readers to see railroads as vital to the state’s transportation system.
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Vermont
Rutland
Norwood
N.Y
Burlington
New York
D&s
Vermont Railway
Green Mountain RR
New Haven
New Haven RR
Penn-Central
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the Banner
Spencer A. Haynes
Lamb Road
North Bennington
Bayon A
Harrington
Socialist Party
Socialist Labor Party
Henning A. Blumen
Massachusetts
Eric Hass
Blomen
Florida
Oregon
Missouri
Kentucky
Connecticut
Illinois
Blumen
SLP
Nathan Pressman
Catherine St
Ellenville, N.Y
Challenges Huac Editorial
United States of America
Arlington
83Rd Infantry Division
83Rd
Larry Redmond
Rockwood Drive
Havertown
Victor E, Landis
Potomac St
Dayton
Ohio
Oakes St
Herbert G, Ogden
Hartland
Lawrence
Eleanor M. Raftery
Clifton Hall
Riv
Shaftsbury
Wat
U.S
Philip R, Jordan
Rutland Railroad Historical & Technicial Ass’n, P.O
Manchester Center
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