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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation based at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
Vermont faces a paper surplus projected at about 14 million dollars prompting Republicans led by Gov. Snelling to advocate tax relief, especially a 9 percent income tax surtax cut, while others push debt reduction or education funding amid shifting aid formulas. The piece links surplus politics to education woes, noting troubling literacy rates and a Chicago principal’s drastic grade retention action as broader educational concerns.
A Letter to the Banner cites BSD candidates and a May 17 1977 Post Standard report detailing Sidney L Johnson's six crisis options. The plan urges drastic cuts including dozens of teaching and admin roles, school closures, and principal eliminations across elementary and secondary levels.
The document outlines expensive education, staff cuts, wage freezes through 1978, closing eight elementary schools and one junior high, abolishing several principalships and director roles, and extending benefits reductions. It warns that reforms come only from pressure, citing Syracuse and other New York City districts facing bureaucratic strain.
A reader cites Gene Rudzewicz in a June 3 letter challenging a nuclear power critique. The exchange notes fossil fuel waste disposal in lungs, cites an ACS method for sealing nuclear waste in durable glass, and questions sources including John Fuller and Peter Beckmann.
The Beech Street School parent teacher group thanks donors and buyers at the April 30 tag sale. Proceeds will fund school improvements and enrichment programs. A reader letter laments state education costs and urges fiscal reform to benefit all students.
A personal narrative recalls Charlie's hospital release and a triple homecoming involving their 30th anniversary and Memorial Day. The piece blends family joy with gratitude toward caregivers, then shifts to the author’s new role as chauffeur and observations on driving dangers, traffic rules, and road courtesy. It also brushes a historical memory of a young president announcing European unity and an Atlantic partnership, followed by a note of sadness over his death.
Hale Joy in the Ellsworth Maine American surveys the collapse of John F Kennedy’s grand Atlantic design. NATO, the Common Market, and allied unity have weakened into cautious forms as Europe and the United States drift apart. De Gaulle, Vietnam, and shifts toward China and Russia are cited as key causes. The piece portrays a mournful return to isolationist impulses and warns the era’s self confidence fading.
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