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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The New York Daily News editorializes on President Carter's welfare principles, noting no fixed start date for federal welfare takeover, a budget balance aim, and the clash between keeping costs low and raising benefits. It highlights disparities between states such as Mississippi and New York and questions political feasibility ahead of the 1980 elections.
The piece argues that a default on welfare would trap Southern families in poverty while urging immediate funding formula changes to aid Northeastern states and New York City. It critiques Carter for delay, cites Senate leadership, and contrasts with other local notes about Vermont road plantings and a Nixon-Frost quip.
The Rutland Daily Herald critiques Governor Meldrim Thomson for arresting Seabrook nuclear demonstrators, arguing the approach corrupts justice, echoes segregation era tactics, and harms the nuclear power cause while boosting national attention to the issue. It notes a Southern law-and-order stance may mirror earlier tactics and predicts continued turmoil.
The piece criticizes the governor’s handling of demonstrators at a construction site, calling it a blunder akin to Civil Rights era overreach. It contrasts abrupt suppression with the need for prudent, farsighted action and warns Vermont authorities to heed lessons to avoid repeating such missteps.
Tom Braden argues Carter's energy plan unfairly punishes the "good guys" who save energy while rewarding the "bad guys" who ignore it. He cites home insulation tax breaks and solar upgrades, noting neighbors benefit from subsidies as those who conserve pay. He compares this to broader life inequities and jokes about rebates and merit certificates.
A travelogue from Whitingham, Wilmington and Searsbury to Connecticut Valley describes spring blooming in dogwoods tulips and forsythia. The writer notes Vermont’s early green contrast with Connecticut’s vibrant blossoms, the rapid cross regional change via car travel, and a plan to repeat the spring journey yearly for the season’s renewal.
A Sunday sailboat outing 20 miles east of Cleveland ends in a high speed crash after the man abandons a cocktail party to shave and dress. He is ejected from a convertible, drifts through a corn stubble field, sustaining severe injuries, then transported to University Hospitals by ambulance. A hearse arrives mistakenly for the patient before hospital transfer. The story follows the route toward Euclid Avenue and an area known for funeral homes.
A hearse passenger scene unfolds as the hearse slows and accelerates along Euclid Avenue. A four wheel cart exits the hearse and slides onto a mortuary lawn, injuring a friend. Undertakers and bystanders converge, authorities restore order, and the patient is taken to University Hospitals for treatment. Local witnesses note the Florida trip of a gentleman on view in Parlor Four while reflecting on sun and tan.
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