Highways Grow While Mass Transit Stagnates Nationwide
Editorial notes how federal highway spending exceeds 5 billion through the 90-10 interstate program while urban transit funding falls under 200 million and mass transit shares two thirds from federal sources. It calls urbanization rising to 90 percent in two decades, with transit patronage down sharply since 1945 and highways expanding 40,000 miles in ten years under the Highway Trust Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
U.S
Highway Trust Fund
Mass Transit Funding Change to Free Highway Slush Fund
Opinion argues the Highway Trust Fund fuels a vast slush fund for road interests, with the Nixon plan failing to create a self sustaining mechanism. Support grows for a National Transportation Fund that includes mass transit, backed by Volpe and lawmakers seeking a coordinated transport system and reduced highway spending.
Editor notes on road plans spark housing and tax concerns
The piece debates U.S. 7 and Bennington beltline plans with housing shortages, tax losses from property seizures, and a grand list hole. It notes a Mallory herd sale reducing Vermont dairy, critiques expense-account padding, and quips about energy costs and elites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 7
Bennington
Vermont
Mallory
Bradford
Italy
Canada
Pownal School Woes Question Board and Plans
A letter to The Banner criticizes the state Board of Education for delaying a solution to Pownal's school problems. The writer questions the choice of architect, high proposal costs, and repeated bond defeats, arguing for better community participation and a viable plan at Pownal Center School while warning about North Pownal suitability and fire safety concerns.
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State Board of Education
Pownal
Pownal Center
North Pownal
Two Faces of Vermont by Fairfax Ayres
A critical reflection on Vermont's economic and political history. The author cites historic clashes with Virginia, wartime actions, and long-standing declines in local industries while accusing state governance of mixed signals and ineffective policy. He presents a cascade of examples from maple to potatoes to transport, blaming officials for mismanagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner
Vermont
Sen. Flanders
State Committee
Rhode Island
Vermont Highway Dept
Mauhs Mobil
St. Lawrence
Boston
Illogical Logic in Letters on Vermont Yankee and Pownal School
Readers debate Vermont Yankee emissions and the need for a Pownal school. Gladys Lodge of Dorset criticizes illogical safeguards claims and urges immediate school construction while Mrs Bruce J. Martel of Pownal Center champions progress, bonds, and local development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ungar
Vermont Yankee
Bruce J. Martel
Pownal Center
Sparks and Speculations From Landgrove
The writer reflects on aging and mood, then shares small wonders of nature including a backward-flying hummingbird and a rescued bird. It explores reality and sound, and discusses anchor ice frazil ice with notes from Prof. Howard T. Barnes and local contact W. E. Timmerman, promising more on frazil ice and weather later.
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W.E. Timmerman
Shaftsbury
Landgrove
Mr. Timmerman
Russell G. Willcox
Yankee
Howard T. Barnes
McGill University
Montreal
Timmerman
V.C. Doerschuk
Pittsburgh
Barnes
Gore Aims to Win Tennessee Senate Despite Nixon Target
The Gore campaign navigates a hostile White House line as Senator Gore faces a tough Tennessee primary against Hadley Crockett and a gubernatorial contest. Gore campaigns on tax policy and antiwar stances while fending off Agnew's push and Southern strategy pressure.
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Washington
White House
Tennessee
Albert Gore
Gore
Clement Haynsworth
Harrold Carswell
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Agnew
Spiro Agnew
Hadley Crockett
Ee Gore
Robert la Follette
George Wallace
John J. Hooker
Hooker
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House Banking and Currency Committee
Transportation
John Volpe
New York Times
U.S. House of Representatives
Robert T. Stafford
Rep. Stafford
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
At&t
State Pharmacy Board
Law
Nelson Rockfeller
New York State
Amoco
Rockefellers
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Esso
Margaret Mead
Reader's Digest
Kremlin
Argonne Forest
Fairfax Ayres
Gladys Lodge
Dorset
Samuel R. Ogden
Sen. Gore
Frank Mankiewicz
Tom Braden
Estes Kefauver
John Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
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