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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201 a local daily newspaper serving Bennington County with regional notices and news.
Rural voices note the frost slashed 15 to 40 percent of Florida’s citrus crop, yet growers praise nature’s windfall as it boosts profits and lowers production costs. Industry economists warn higher juice prices may push shoppers to synthetics, while fearing demand shifts and long term harm. The piece surveys market reactions and moral unease as prices rise.
Vermont Governor Richard Snelling backs a budget with an 18 percent spending rise while keeping the income tax surcharge. Republicans oppose scrapping the surcharge, citing federal tax uncertainty and revenue cushions. The strongest potential tax cut, they say, would be removing the sales tax on home heating fuel to ease rising costs for the poor and middle class.
A blizzard left a woman stranded after her car failed on an Iowa road. She reached three farmhouses seeking shelter but was refused entry, prompting a passerby bus driver to rescue her and deliver her to a hospital. The tale contrasts harsh neighbors with the lifesaving act of a single driver.
The writer argues for brief fossil fuel use during the transition to energy efficiency and soft technologies. He favors conserving oil and gas for emergencies and leaving coal in the ground where possible, proposing clean coal methods to obtain premium liquids and gases before burning the rest.
Amory Lovins promotes fluidized bed coal burning as a scalable, cleaner option. A Stallaval Turbin AB system with eight 70 MW turbines could heat districts via heat pumps, rivaling a $1 billion coal gasification plant while using far less coal and costing less to build. At smaller scales, fluidized beds offer simple, flexible home and retrofit options, urging swift commercialization over lengthy pilots. Legislative notes from Vermont groups are included.
A Bennington County driven petition with 150 to 200 names asks Gov. Snelling to appoint one or two Vermont racing commissioners from Bennington County and consider licensing another track in Central or Southern Vermont. Backers argue Green Mountain’s lack of racing has harmed jobs and the local economy and urge top level action to revive horse racing in the state. Arlington residents Roger Wood sign this note published in the Burlington Free Press.
The piece notes Gerald Ford, Portugal, and U.S. media resist Solzhenitsyn while he reveals vast Soviet atrocities. It cites deaths in 1918 19 37 38 and compares to Vietnam, praising his scholarship and warning against appeasing his cautions. It highlights his exile and the irony of his silenced warnings.
A columnist argues the Carter administration may send out income tax rebates to nontaxables like Willie Brown, examining the policy as a negative income tax variant. He recalls Friedman, Goldwater, and Nixon proposals, notes the $1.5 billion cost, and questions welfare reform’s future while predicting public reaction to the check arrival. The piece also links gun violence concerns to presidential accessibility and recalls the Carter inaugural scene.
A Wall Street Journal line references a loud guest at a party and a hostess quip about a “nonentity crisis.” It cites Bernie Allen and Steve Rossi, an entertainment team, quoted in Parade.
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