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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
A letter to The Banner questions a defeated sales tax increase plan that would have exempted heating fuel. A Burlington Free Press poll shows most Vermonters prefer a tax rise to other levies. Critics note the $55,000 cost of a special session and warn cuts to balance the budget may change minds.
Analysis shows statewide referendums against state level equal rights amendments, not the federal ERA. Voters, led by fear and confusion, included many women who opposed the measures, amid accusations of plots and anti female stereotypes.
Editor clarifies that the Bennington selectmen met Tuesday night not Monday and comments on the Eagles moving to a new home on North Street. The column notes the empty lot left by the former Eagles building and hopes for a more attractive downtown use.
Rural and suburban households bustle with rake and barrow tidying yards for winter while autumn lingers down the road. Leaves rustle by roadsides and riverbanks as gray goldenrod heads shed seeds and milkweed pods drift silk, vines hang loose from trees.
The poem observes autumn debris in a woodland floor scattered with twigs and withered ferns and box elders. It notes the abandoned oriole's nest fraying near a wineglass elm and pines shedding needles. It concludes that man rakes to claim tenancy while nature persists, each spring growing from autumn remnants.
Marian Lenzen and her husband, long-time Nebraska wheat and cattle farmers, argue NYC should default to force federal restraint and expose urban mismanagement. She claims New York’s influence harms Nebraska agriculture and questions national welfare tied to grain prices and urban policy. The letter frames farmers as victims of city-oriented politics and defends local agriculture.
Reporter reviews a film about Sam Lovejoy, who toppled a Montague weather tower to protest nuclear power. The piece highlights Lovejoy’s motivation, the trial, expert witness John Gorman, and the film’s dramatic recounting of events and consequences for unborn generations.
Gerald Ford and William Simon clashed with Rockefeller over federal help for New York City facing near bankruptcy. Simon argued for allowing a default to deter overspending and signal tough lessons, while Rockefeller warned of market and bank risks. The column portrays Simon’s political ascendancy and Ford’s stance as he weighs the conservative line versus national optics.
The Bennington Senior Citizens Center hosts a Holiday Fair Saturday November 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Masonic Temple on Main Street. Handmade items will be offered for holiday giving along with homemade cookies cakes and bread. Refreshments available admission free. Please visit and support the seniors. your kind remarks are welcome.
A Vermont reader denounces the closure of the states Arts and Crafts Service in Stratton. The letter laments the loss of funding for quilts leatherwork and pottery and questions the moving of the Montpelier Arts and Crafts office. It urges reliance on individual resources during energy shortages and inflation.
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