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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece argues inflation and Washington taxation are overstated as causes of middle-class hardship. It cites Robert Heilbroner noting middle-class earnings have outpaced inflation since 1950 and federal tax cuts reduced the IRS bite for a typical two-child family earning 20,000, while Social Security taxes rose. It questions whether rising government spending outpaces growth.
Maine and Michigan join Vermont and Oregon in approving non returnable bottle bans while Massachusetts votes against the measure by about 19,000 in nearly 2.5 million ballots. Supporters view the result as momentum toward a nationwide waste reduction approach despite the Massachusetts defeat.
Front pages today show frequent meetings from candidates and local boards to international leaders. The trend highlights organized public engagement as a dominant news thread shaping policy, budgets, and community concerns.
The Prospect School board thanks Yoshi Restaurant Gift Garden Bradford Books Ed Levin Workshop Blackfriar Restaurant Fairdale Farms The House at Blue Hill Four Squires Restaurant Publyk House Restaurant Nichols Store Hairstyles by George Gourmet East Restaurant Northshire Books Arlington Inn Londa Weisman and others for prizes gift certificates and donations for the Oct 29 raffle. Special appreciation to Susan Moss for catering entertainment by Shellin Lubin Donald Broman Beth Greene Donald Lindsey Frank Savio Hasso Wuer slin master of ceremonies Bill Bryan and Susan Stone for a memorable evening.
A Vermont driven shift to more meetings mirrors growth in state agencies and civic boards. Trade press notes pre meeting methods to boost turnout while editors urge practical audience participation and targeted follow ups for better engagement.
In exploring the fountain of youth and future medicine, the piece weighs extending life from seventy years to centuries. It considers nutrition and exercise as ways to prolong usefulness, then imagines societal impact, tyranny risks, overpopulation, and moral questions if immortality becomes widespread.
The Banner letter argues non voters are evading duty and urges participation in the presidential election. It highlights urgent problems including unemployment and high welfare rolls and mentions aid to starving people overseas as acceptable.
The letter voices worry about U S hunger abroad and in the nation, crime and corruption, drugs and official inaction, and the threat of nuclear war. It urges collective responsibility to address these vast problems for a better country in the future.
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