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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1972
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is published daily excluding Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at A2A Main Street Wennington Vermont with postal address 04201.
The Montpelier Meme notes officials anticipate windfall from revenue sharing and weigh projects to ease budgets, urging prudent use rather than rosy new schemes. Fred Hackett proposes using funds to eliminate poll and Old Age taxes, cutting town assessments and easing next year’s tax burden.
Congress overrode the President’s veto of the water pollution bill, asserting budgetary control while rejecting expansive executive authority. The vote, including House Republican Leader Gerald Ford, reinforced congressional purse strings and goodwill for environmental safeguards, even as the session closed with mixed results.
Vermont and thousands of communities will share in the $30 billion 1972 revenue sharing act, with Vermont receiving about $4.9 million based on population income and tax effort. The funds, unbound by strict state spending rules, aim to ease local property tax burdens and fund education and capital improvements in cities like Burlington and Rutland.
A resident letters to Vermont official questions Willow Road closing linked to the Willow Road TR-17 interchange. He asks why the road with over 20 homes was closed, about traffic counts, why it wasn’t bridged, loss of a fire station and higher insurance, why alternate route A TR-1 was not ready, and requests state support for a relocated fire station. He cites discussions with district engineer Richard Phelan and Don Remick.
Raymond Martin and Lori Martin of Bennington defend the Bennington Program and dropout statistics in a letter to the Banner. They challenge Lawrence Harrington's portrayal of the program, noting dropout rates and the program’s funding, and urge readers to seek perspectives from students, parents, and operators.
A historical reflection on Vermont wildlife and land use from early clearing to modern deer population shifts. It explains how habitat loss and later reforestation shaped species like deer, grouse, snowshoe hare, and wild turkeys, and argues habitat management and revised land taxation are key to sustainable hunting and wildlife.
The piece argues for subsidizing small magazines via lower postal rates to sustain public discourse. It cites Udall’s proposal to spend about 50 million dollars to keep publications alive and questions whether citizens should fund a wider public debate. It warns that rate hikes could end long-standing periodicals and frames the issue as a choice between a self funding postal service and broad dissemination of ideas.
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