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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner notes its daily publication schedule with exceptions for Sundays and holidays. It lists the paper’s publisher, address at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201, and identifies the issuing corporation as Banner Publishing Corporation.
New York City congressman Edward Koch champions limits on truck weights after a late session rise to 80,000 pounds. He proposes restricting highway funds for states raising loads and backs engineers and safety experts noting higher weights worsen road wear and fatalities. Vermont towns move to end inventory tax, shifting to machinery tax changes, aiding small retailers but potentially harming manufacturers.
An editorial correction explains that the Department of Employment Security did not apply to admit foreign workers. Instead, the agency opened apple picking jobs to out‑of‑state workers via a recruitment program with other state job services. U.S. Labor Department must decide if not enough domestic workers exist. Reports show about 1,900 Vermonters showed interest, 550 jobs exist, and few progressed to hire.
Vermont apple growers dispute an editorial on labor sourcing. They explain a three step federal process to locate pickers, using domestic labor first and only turning to foreign workers if needed. They deny a Jamaican labor preference and warn of September harvest risk if insufficient workers are found. Prices may rise if labor shortages affect harvest.
A Vermont perspective on deregulation of natural gas outlines how interstate regulation differs from intrastate pricing, noting price ceilings and rising costs. It argues deregulation could shift jobs south, raise factory costs in the northeast, and affect regional growth while energy supply remains strained.
A museum tribute recalls John Stark born 1728 in Londonderry New Hampshire. It highlights his service with Rogers' Rangers at Fort Ticonderoga and Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign, his role at Bunker Hill, and his later leadership of about 1400 men at Bennington.
Rene Dubos, bacteriologist and professor emeritus at Rockefeller University, writes in The American Scholar about society’s fixation on future shock and a Panglossian belief that everything will be for the best.
The text argues that life continues through many ordeals due to the resilience of natural systems and humans, capable of experiencing future shock without becoming irreversibly shattered or disoriented. It highlights ongoing struggle as the essence of life across possible worlds and timelines.
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