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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Montpelier faces renewed friction over education funding as the House Appropriations Committee votes to raise next year’s state aid by 2 million to 35.8 million amid Miller formula concerns. Rep Edwin Colvin uncovers a 3 million error in a distribution printout, undermining Education Committee work and risking a reform plan blocked by a larger already inequitable funding increase.
Vermontwide Doyle poll shows 51 percent favor raising the drinking age to 19 and 31 of 40 Shaftsbury sixth graders agree. Smokings restricted in public places with 37 3 in favor. statewide support is 83 percent. Maine moves to raise to 20. Connecticut debate remains in committee.
The New Yorker cartoon and critique mourn the end of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. The piece notes its groundbreaking shift of a career woman on the edge of marriage and its depictions of a second rate news team in Minneapolis. The finale reveals the staff fired by a new owner, marking the triumph of a wildly successful era and inviting reruns.
Editor notes that free water sample containers are running low in Bennington but will be replenished by state health officials. High participation signals community concern about lead in water, and the Health Department is urged to provide prompt answers.
Lewis R. Wheeler of Petersburg New York responds to John Page's March 2 column on health and farming. He rejects modern food methods, questions soil health and hybridization, cites welfare and arsenic fears, and asks where to find flint corn seed with B17 vitamin for better health.
A letter warns Bennington selectmen against a gun and knife ordinance, accusing supporters of overreach and risking rights and sportsmen in Vermont. The writer argues the law would affect a small minority and questions the readers’ sportsmanship.
Eugene R Kosche argues paper is the world’s most valuable substance for its permanence and communicative power. He traces paper’s origin, spread, and central role in libraries, trade, packaging, education, currency, and even the modern computer, urging appreciation of its enduring utility.
A Arlington reader praises clergy and William Towne for starting the town youth movement and urges ongoing community support as government funding nears expiry. The letter notes support from Thomas Ryan and local lawyers Thomas Whelan and Arthur O'Dea who own the Youth Center building. The piece also discusses evolving U S policy on the Middle East and references a Brookings Institution Purple Paper on peacemaking in the region.
The piece reviews George W. Ball's call for United States leadership to broker a peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors. It notes Ball's warning that Israel’s territorial gains risk becoming a U.S. ward, and that the Carter administration shows a trend toward more activist policy, seeking a final settlement despite domestic backlash.
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