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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
A nearly 900000 dollar public works grant in Shaftsbury affects Shaftsbury and North Bennington school districts. Proposals include a 750000 dollar wing for Shaftsbury to educate grades 7 and 8 locally, with other options like reuniting districts or tuition arrangements. Meetings before month end seek resident input.
A former Bennington tax collector seeks equal time at a June 14 meeting to question the town manager about the streamlined tax collection system, ledger cards, and delinquent tax handling. He cites delays, missing records, and audits while contrasting prior and current collection totals and requests access to the auditors report.
A Skylark resident recalls decades of coping with snakes after moving to the mountain area. He and a companion cleared a rock garden while encountering garter and ribbon snakes, noting no poisonous species locally. The writer shares fears, lessons on ecology, and a cautious approach to keeping snakes in check. A separate opinion section critiques Henry Kissinger's post office.
Tom Braden recounts postwar Western Europe and CIA roles in shaping social democratic gains and the Vietnam escalation. He cites McCarthy era excesses, Kissinger’s three-point plan for moderates, and Churchill’s question of staying the course, ending with Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. expressing passion for debate and the House.
A short verse notes a Vermont summer with bees frogs fireflies and water bugs. The poem ends with the speaker feeling heaven like resting in a lazy twilight and acknowledges farmer Brown mowing hay. It quotes a signature Frank Slade and an address 815 E Main St.
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