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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
States cutting to 55 mph see more truck rear end collisions as tailgating and weight boosts rise. Insurance Institute notes higher stop gaps. Congress urged to lower truck weight or enforce safer limits. Vermont raises inheritance exemption to 300000 to protect farms and small businesses amid tax pressures.
Readers decry the loss of the Mt Anthony music program as the school board and administrators resist teacher raises. They argue music education thrives with talent across voice, strings, and band and urge protecting arts funding despite economic pressures. Students from Bennington and Mt Anthony names are cited as alumni pursuing music careers.
A reader recalls cross country house hunting that led to Vermont, revisits Grand Canyon and Tetons memories, and compares Alpine and New England mountains. The note recalls travelers, old cars, and a love of mountains from Yellowstone to Mount Snow with lingering March memories.
Editor notes that Senator Robert E. Cummings Jr. of Bennington County was mislisted as a Highway Traffic Committee member in a directory. He is not on that committee, even as lawmakers debate Rep. Edwin Colvin’s House-passed bill to repeal the new auto inspection rules. Families once labeled shiftless now wish for steady pay. Nashville Banner.
A Bamner reader condemns state land control as communization and warns against Act 250. The letter ridicules non elected rulers and women’s rights mentions while urging a mixed approach that preserves occupancy rights and taxes. It cites marginal quips and ends with a Buchwald quotation about women.
Washington columnists say William Safire continues to attack Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, arguing Nixon’s vi0lence of praise has shifted to newer grudges. The piece notes Kissinger’s testimony on tape orders and alleged leaks, while defending Kissinger against Safire’s charge of being the leak source during a Harvard study, and reflects on Nixon’s lingering influence and resentments.
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