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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1976
Page
5
In Friendship Maine a private garden path leads to four pink lady's slippers by a pine stump proving a summer surprise. The author recalls Cypripediums native to Maine woods, reflects on folklore and law, and cherishes the long awaited wild orchids as a personal reward from nature.
A Banner letters to the editor recounts Judy Harrison and 43 others attending a Rotary Clio Future Leader Seminar at St Lawrence University Canton NY. The writer discusses Futurism, world population projections, ecology policy, and three society models while praising speakers including Flora MacDonald and Col. William.
A letter from Samuel Bartlett cites Bennington’s town politics and world justice links. He urges broad public participation to avoid a drift toward autocracy, warning that inaction equates to choosing decay and calls for cooperative, rational local governance to shape a better future.
A review of Colin and Rosemary Campbell’s Comparative Study of the Fiscal Systems of New Hampshire and Vermont 1940 1974. The analysis finds Vermont spends more per personal income across categories, with higher education welfare and debt, while New Hampshire shows lower taxes and no broad based income or sales taxes. The authors question whether higher taxes buy better services, noting federal aid and reliance on state local and federal funding differ.
The piece compares Ronald Reagan to Silky Sullivan, arguing he could surge from behind to win the Republican nomination and possibly the general election. It weighs upset potential, debates, religious appeal, and criticisms of the favored Ford-Dean dynamic, calling for a Kansas City convention surprise as a long shot could prevail.
The Vermont Marble company strike is settled after eight months of conflict that included conferences, mass meetings, sabotage and rioting, sending five men to prison. In West Rutland 8 percent vote to end the strike while 14 percent oppose the proposal, with company housing residents allowed to stay if rents are paid.
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