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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It operates from 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The North Bennington Water Department operates independently under a gift deed, allowing rapid, well funded expansion and higher but fairer rates reflecting water quality. Bennington’s constrained, politically driven approach keeps rates artificially low and shifts bond costs onto all taxpayers, a disparity underscored by hidden town taxes and limited autonomy.
The First Lady’s two week Latin American mission is praised as tactful and intelligent diplomacy yet triggers questions about her qualifications and the propriety of a president’s wife acting as an official envoy. The trip coincides with tense Brazil-U.S. relations over civil liberties and credits.
In the Bennington Battle Bicentennial year, the Aug. 16 1777 encounter did not end the war for Vermont. A harsh winter of 1779 left inhabitants short of food and supplies, prompting Gov. Thomas Chittenden to appeal to Gen. George Washington for aid. The 1779 letter underscores Bennington as a Continental depot and details relief requests, militia increases, and continued provisioning considerations amid Burgoyne’s 1777 campaign.
A reader from Dorset questions why water lines were extended only to Norm Stratton and Lorraine Eastman while Willow Road and Houghton Lane lack service. She argues municipal budgeting favors some residents and cites pollution from a city dump, urging water access for all. The letter also includes a lengthy anecdote about a Houston bank computer error and a humorous misunderstanding.
A collection of humorous anecdotes on banking glitches and stock trading missteps. A teller recounts a tiny overdraft and a con man’s boastful claims, a broker recalls guiding a novice investor who nearly loses his nerve after a computer boom, and a shopper’s zero balance billings prompting a cheeky zero-dollar check.
The Oldcastle Theatre Company presents From Berlin to Oklahoma a revue of Broadway songs from the 1940s featuring Kiss Me Kate Carousel Oklahoma South Pacific This Is the Army Finian's Rainbow Brigadoon Pal Joey and Annie Get Your Gun Performances June 23 24 25 and July 1 2 3 at 8 p.m. in the Old Chapel at Southern Vermont College Special senior citizens night Thursday half price and family night Friday free admission for children under 12 Bennington Vermont
Gladys Lodge of the Vermont Natural Food and Farming Assoc. Inc urges The Banner to oppose federal legislation to build six coal gasification plants. She argues they would consume vast water, destroy grazing land, emit toxic pollutants, and become obsolete in 25 years, advocating wind-powered fuel gas as a cleaner alternative.
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