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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial notes Gov. Snelling's Cost Control Council issued a 294 item report aimed at trimming state spending and boosting efficiency. It supports a four year gubernatorial term, contemplates closing Brandon Training School, and proposes consolidating with Waterbury State Hospital. The panel’s ideas face scrutiny in Montpelier, while pay hikes and longer workweeks for state employees spark strong reactions.
A Bennington cab operator denounces a subsidized Mini-bus service as an unprofitable, taxpayer funded venture. He argues cabs provide broader hours and essential trips, noting his firm runs 18 hours daily and serves elders, groceries, hospitals, and other local needs while rival buses operate limited hours and days. He invites readers to visit 126 Washington Ave.
A Center Shaftsbury resident letter argues against widening Route 7 to add a truck lane through historic core. The writer warns higher speeds threaten 19 families 30 children and 8 businesses, endangering old buildings from the 1700s and urges a lowered limit to protect residents and heritage.
A Vermont open house at the American Legion Hall reveals a campus of heavy drinking among attendees. The piece cites high welfare, law enforcement costs, and limited treatment funding tied to alcohol abuse, arguing that alcoholism is a major ongoing crisis and cultural problem in the state.
A Vermont resident reports 36 hours of loud rock music in a residential Pownal area starting June 26. Police say no permit needed for crowds under 3000, while beer, pot use, and ongoing disturbance prompt locals to seek a nuisance ordinance. Residents urge contacting selectmen and listed locals to voice concerns.
A critique of deliberate language abuse by politicians and advertisers. The author labels misuse as crimes against language, detailing inflated speech by public officials, propaganda by ad men, gender bias in pronouns, and the dominance of jargon. Emphasizes clarity, warns against melodramatic substitutes for plain speech, and urges genuine social reform over linguistic artifice.
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