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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
A reader notes the prevalence of lawsuits over federal and state public works funds in Bennington County. Shaftsbury and Sunderland receive money while Arlington and Manchester threaten suits, risking delays and no immediate disbursement. The piece questions allocation fairness and suggests simpler per capita cash distribution as a provocative, if impractical, thought.
Letter to the Editor reports appreciation for volunteers and nonprofits aiding the RSVP program over the past year. It notes 18 nonprofits served in the last 12 months, currently 14 active, winter disruptions, and returns to community activity. Specific volunteers include transportation, teaching, weekend shop work, and hot lunch service at Dorset Elementary School.
Eugenie Hagenah outlines RSVP efforts in Manchester and Dorset. Volunteers assist health services, libraries, Braille text production, nutrition, preschool, and child transport. New recruits include a remedial reading expert and a cemetery information organizer, with strong town support and a volunteer tea attended by local officials.
Governor Richard Snelling denounces the Burlington jury award of 1.5 million to a Stratton Mountain skier as unlikely to stand. He warns such liability awards could affect institutions and businesses while noting Vermont’s surprising surplus and rising farm and corporate incomes. He urges prudent spending and energy, forest, and domestic industry support.
Charles Rembar argues that defending free speech does not justify exposing the public to sexual material. He favors protections for children and nonparticipation, urging legal controls on conduct rather than expression, and warns against poling communities to define obscenity.
The author, turning thirty, reflects on aging, mortality, and the shift from youth to the over-30 generation. He ponders moral foundations, revisits love, marriage, and career, and notes peers aging faster, comparing his cohort to earlier generations.
The author reflects on aging among the postwar generation, noting widespread graying among men born in the 1950s and 1960s. Vietnam impacts are discussed as aging accelerates after war, with social pressure toward youth fading and possible shifts toward accepting middle age and its pleasures. The piece ends with a jab at younger generations and a humorous aside about blame and aging.
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