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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1977
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201, listing its publication schedule and corporate address.
An evaluation of the push to recodify federal criminal laws notes two years of debate. Proponents highlight needed reforms like a federal sentencing commission and appeals for sentences, while critics fear civil liberties trade offs. The piece urges timely passage to balance reforms against delays.
An experimental program tests Latin in inner city and suburban elementary classrooms in Indianapolis Washington and Philadelphia. The streamlined Latin focuses on vocabulary and word parts, avoiding subjunctives and declensions. Early reading test results appear positive, supporting the old claim that Latin study aids English mastery.
The editors thank Jean Wassick for the MAU Book talks and note a positive response from junior high students who read for pleasure and fund the project. They credit the students and their teachers and librarian for the community boost and promise September talks.
Letters to the Banner note MAU junior and senior high students and local grade schools perform Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I in the MAU auditorium. Steve Brown plays the king and Mary Sargent portrays Anna Leonowens amid a mix of students and volunteers in a crowd-pleasing, humorous, sometimes poignant production.
Dennis Pratt will play piano and add finesse to the final show. Allison Gobbeo Harris rallies the dancers while Al Backus and Therese Trahan coordinate actors, technicians, and music. The MAU team, led by Nancy Ehler Bennington, promises an entertaining evening for families.
In a letter to the Banner, Margaret Barker of Dorset notes U S News and World Report price comparisons across nations and warns that prices may rise further. She urges conservation, reduced driving, and questions the Super 7 project, proposing upgrades to Vermont 7 as an alternative.
In Vermont and beyond the author reflects on May day memories of Charles Lindberghs historic solo flight to Paris fifty years ago. The piece contrasts early aviation wonder with modern jet travel and notes the era of peace and innocence felt by a generation on the cusp of world conflicts.
The Mt Anthony girls and boys track teams express gratitude to the Booster Club for funding their attendance at the First Annual Warrior Co-Ed Classic Invitational in Hampton Beach. Co-captains named include Sarah Brooks Lisa Ripley Julie Dewey Linda Andrews John Restino Duncan Whitney Jeff Cook and Peter Jones.
Vermont residents favor environmental priorities over job gains by a two to one margin and most plan to stay despite slower state economy. The Vermont Tomorrow survey, gathered from 9,000 citizens in 155 towns on Town Meeting Day, shows 65 percent sacrificed economic rewards, 85 percent would remain, and 10 percent favor nuclear power.
A reflective essay contrasts cockroaches with humans, arguing cockroaches thrive in darkness and hunger, outlasting humans. The narrator recounts attempts to exterminate them in a New York apartment and muses on a future where cockroaches dominate street scenes, ending with a note about Don Marquis’s Archie the Cockroach.
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