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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues New York’s request for federal disaster status is warranted yet insufficient. It notes 682,000 jobs lost in eight years, widespread urban decay, and blackouts before the latest utility crisis. It says Carter’s response aids recovery but ignores deeper economic distress and ongoing youth programs.
Congress passed a broad employment bill at the administrations request adding a 1970s like Young Adult Conservation Corps and a part time work program for low income youth while funding stays modest. The Job Corps expansion to 2 million trainees by 1980 signals strong commitment to tackling ghetto unemployment. A cross country horseback trek by Jeannine Hall draws praise but highlights civic hospitality gaps. Budget rules for public works lines demand strict income thresholds to ensure aid reaches the poorest. Douglas Schner resigns from the District Environmental Commission over potential conflicts of interest amid a three member body and calls for ethical governance.
Letters to The Banner push Bennington to resist placing a new high rise at the Vermont Veterans Home Deer Park site. They oppose isolating the building north of the town center and question federal funding deadlines and the lack of alternative siting considerations.
John G. McCullough of North Bennington argues against overreliance on federal grants for a new town building and for delaying Route 7 modernization. He praises a past Downtown Living competition as a positive precedent and urges the selectmen to push for a new highway, cautioning about traffic, detours, and long construction timelines along the Bennington to Manchester stretch. He questions state land deals affecting the Veterans Home and notes local parcels that could host a future civic center to bolster the town’s economy.
A Washington column argues seaweed emulsion or even sea water can nourish vegetables better than land-based feeds. It cites Dr Maynard Murray on sea chemistry, contrasts soil versus sea water, warns against nutrient blockages from overuse of nitrogen and calcium, and urges adoption of seaweed fertilizer. James Angleton forms a security fund criticizing CIA and FBI excesses and advocatingCold War era controls.
Tom Braden argues changing norms justify past covert actions by Kearney and Helms while urging enforcement of law. He supports Angleton’s view that prosecution is unfair for deeds condoned by their era and warns against reigniting reckless public paranoia.
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