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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 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.
The United States, with six million illegal migrants and halted Indochinese entry, debates refugee policy. Rep. Joshua Eilberg argues for congressional action and critiques current parole use. Kennedy favors scrapping quotas. Carter-era proposals aim to admit 15 000 urgent cases or end quotas entirely to encourage global resettlement.
Margaret O Green of Lost Lake Road Arlington writes about uncomplimentary Vermont remarks in the Bergen Record. She notes not a Vermonter, cites second-homer concerns, and calls for clarity from columnist Justin Faherty about developments and local state issues. The letter references a reprinted article excerpt about New Hampshire cross-border mountains and ski slopes.
Vermont lore paints natives as stubborn and proud while history notes a path from independence to statehood under Canada, with wartime shifts and tourism blooming from skiing at Stowe and Mt Mansfield. The narrative mentions presidents Chester A Arthur and a long Vermont legacy.
A reader argues the United States overpaid for oil due to past reliance on Middle East supplies and urges leaders to safeguard national interests. The letter cites economic and security risks, then digresses into Vermont birthplace trivia for figures like Calvin Coolidge Brigham Young and Joseph Smith, noting memorials and a quirk about Vermonters adding extra words.
A quiet morning features a wringer washer cycle followed by nest repair as mountain scenery and family effort collide with questions about metric system adoption. The narrator and Charlie fix a fallen swallow nest while debating measures and the broad costs of changing to metric units.
The piece cites a New Jersey Living section description of Vermont as backward and unsophisticated. It also references a New York Daily News column by William Reel describing a Staten Island analyst and family who moved to Brattleboro, stayed five months, then left, with derisive comments about Vermont schools, culture, and locals.
Local area schools show relative ease in securing budgets while Otter Valley in Brandon Springfield Poultney face repeated rejections. The Poultney vote wiped out all sports and extracurriculars costing about 12 000 dollars sparking petitions for revote. Voters blame federal and state taxes but education remains a shared responsibility, not merely for families with children.
In a Milford New Hampshire note Bill Rotch counsels editors on newspaper mistakes. He jokes that compensation comes when a stupid error reveals that nearly everyone reads the paper. Doc Rockwell’s Newsletter highlights the editor’s dilemma with humor.
Peter Ramsbotham the British ambassador to the United States has been abruptly dismissed and sent to Bermuda amid a whispering campaign. The piece argues ambassadors remain key salesmen for national interests, citing his work with Concorde, U.S. Congress, and President Carter, and notes his rapport with media and opinion leaders.
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