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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. The office is located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr. urged cuts in the $61.3 billion Labor HEW appropriations bill but House leaders offered no reductions. Republicans and Democrats cited 1976 campaign pledges and re election concerns. Califano sought to trim the $800 million impact aid, proposing a reduced $370 million focus on eligible cases. Speaker O Neillig said there was no path to trimming the outflow, promising only careful consideration of a future report.
Guest editorial denounces a new Massachusetts law requiring daily flag pledge in schools. It notes the House and Senate passed it despite Dukakis veto, the SJC deemed it unconstitutional, and cites Barnette precedent limiting government prescription of patriotism. The piece questions compulsory patriotism and legal overreach.
Amid heated debate in the House and Senate, legislators mocked constitutional limits as they pressed to override a veto on a flag salute measure. Rep Francis Doris led a brief flag song citing patriotism while Sen. James Walsh urged action in the name of holiness. Senator Alan Sisitsky warned against unconstitutional rulings as the vote proceeded. Berkshire Eagle reports the dramatic turn in state politics.
Scott Skinner urges Vermont readers to demand legislative inquiry into the Public Service Board's delayed investigation of a settlement related to faulty Vermont Yankee fuel rods. He notes $29 million missing and accuses PSB Chairman Saudek of inaction, calling for accountability by lawmakers.
Priscilla N Kennedy argues in The Banner that the Dickey Lincoln hydroelectric plan would cost 625 million dollars, flood 100 miles of wild rivers, ruin 88000 acres of hunting land, displace 238 families, and threaten 200 miles of transmission lines. She urges readers to pressure Gov Longley to oppose the project.
Barbara Burnham, a Shaftsbury school board candidate, requests correction of being misnamed in The Banner article of June 17 about the $886,000 federal funding. She notes there are multiple Burnhams in Shaftsbury and provides her full name Barbara J. Burnham of Holiday Drive.
The piece argues crime threats shape politics and targets the ACLU for defending potential murderers like Harry Aleman. It rails against lenient judges, cites Aleman’s 22 alleged killings, and mocks punishment ethics while proposing controversial remedies including organ donation. It maintains a provocative, opinionated tone about law and order and justice.
Washington memories trace television from Hoover's 1927 autograph to AT&T Whippany tests and a New York Times front page. The piece reflects on radio's rise, Wilson's era, and how 50 years later Carter must push energy policy, rally public support, and confront a wary nation amid rising demand and OPEC oil dependence.
A Boston Globe column notes a persistent graffiti joke reading Erwin D Canham Takes Aspirin. It appears at a Boston-area college the restaurants loof and a tropical hotel and has been found on notes in bottles and within church spaces.
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