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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece argues President Carter has chosen a balanced path on environmental protections, backing scrupulous dam reviews and phased emission standards. It notes Congress’ resistance, with 32 initial dam projects whittled to 18 viable, and compares EPA standards to industry proposals, suggesting vetoes may be necessary to preserve land, air, and water quality.
Acknowledges persistent effort by adults and youth that built the Teen Center on Ben Mont Avenue. The project addresses the lack of youth spaces, with activities like a recent spaghetti supper illustrating teamwork. Funding remains the main challenge, but the center shows potential to aid youths’ growth and deserves federal and state support over inefficient schemes.
An official memo at Washington DC Department of Health Education and Welfare forbids staff from watering office plants. It notes plants are under a maintenance contract and will be cared for properly. The piece humorously questions what is being raised in those offices beyond a clerk’s reach.
A 36 year old speaker at San Diego University urges graduates to value tradition and the past over chasing merely useful knowledge. He cites Emerson, Woodrow Wilson, and Chesterton to argue education should inoculate against disdain for history, urging prudent forward-looking prudence while looking backward. He warns about forgetting enduring ideas and emphasizes the democracy of the dead.
The Civil Service system arose after 1776, with Pendleton's 1883 merit basis shifting from spoils to examinations. It now employs over 300,000 in Washington and surroundings, amid calls to shrink the bureaucracy while maintaining or expanding services, revealing tensions between efficiency and public demand. The piece defends civil service workers as capable, trained, and essential, notes red tape, and warns against rushing reform without careful thought.
Letters to The Banner urge Vermont officials to improve Route 7 by planting grass and trees on frost heaves, selling Route 7 fragments as souvenirs to fund road work, and re blocking culverts to let flood waters wash away the road, restoring the dirt cow path.
A fragment from a letter or note by Roseanne Henning of Arlington jokes about drastic highway ideas. It suggests melting cars to repave Route 7 and installing roadside sculptures from wreckage to accelerate traffic, with potholes swallowing cars to reduce congestion.
Dudley Moore Blakely of Portsmouth New Hampshire comments on the ornate reopening of Topping Tavern with a mock austere brunch. He muses on champagne versus a Whistle Belly Vengeance style drink and questions the $15 price for a hot cider beverage with rum and brown bread crumbs.
A presidential view on Israel’s tough leadership options. Begin’s hard line risks regional clashes, while Weizman’s bold but biased stance on Arabs signals future friction. The piece questions Carter’s posture on Palestinian homeland and 1967 borders, urging clear shifts or a major domestic political clash with the Israeli lobby.
Two men stop before a department store window to admire a buxom mannequin chair of angels in sheer gowns. One sighs and jokes about heavenly trouble if the angels resemble real people. Quotations reflect humorous takes on love, tenderness, and lost keys.
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