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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece argues that the Koreagate scandal reflects a broader pattern of interest groups influencing lawmakers through private funding and favors. It notes both houses consider public financing bills, but primaries are excluded, risking limited reform. Victory depends on defeating a filibuster in the Senate while House actions follow.
The article critiques corporate entertainment deductions for sports tickets as taxpayer subsidized luxury. It notes Treasury Secretary Blumenthal's push to curb such deductions, citing his U S Open attendance and desire to limit corporate expenses from aircraft to lodges. The piece casts tax reform as needed to end subsidizing top seats.
A former selectmen member writes that after leaving office he questions the credibility and performance of town manager Louis Sarelas. He notes Sarelas sought a $5000 pay raise and a two year contract, the latter pass with his vote and Morrissey’s against, and cites large phone bills charged to the town which Sarelas reimbursed. He recalls Sarelas’s tenure and forecasts instability without a longer stay.
A letter from a local resident at 703 Jefferson Heights accuses Sarelas of misconduct and questionable acts including billing Rotary dues and a private use of the town car. The writer questions credibility, leadership, and ability to secure federal funds, urging the board of selectmen to act while noting the public should sign letters with name and address.
A Vermont diarist describes personal meat production at home in Bridport using rabbits for year round meat and chickens for eggs and meat. They discuss costs of feed, self sufficiency, and the social quirks of backyard farming, noting rabbits offer steady supply while chickens remain tastier to the authors. They reflect on the economics, garden integration, and family dynamics of small scale self sufficiency.
A New York column praises the English language as an ancient artifact and previews using Walter Skeat’s Etymological Dictionary. It underscores how words trace to Greek and Latin roots and even further back to Indo European origins, planning to cite Skeat’s examples.
A concise exploration of word origins tracing English roots from Anglo Saxon and Norman French through Latin Greek and Oriental sources. It highlights diaper leviathan ghoul necromancy fornix and son with notes from Skeat and references to the Oxford English Dictionary for further etymologies.
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