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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily excluding Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece critiques Gov. Salmon plans to ask the Vermont legislature for a sales tax hike to cover deficits. It notes potential state and local funding cuts, and warns tax increases may become permanent. It also comments on presidential travel security and Time magazine coverage of Squeaky Fromme, arguing for decency and caution in public life.
A large Middlebury crowd greeted Steamtown’s bicentennial excursion train along Seymour Street as residents gathered at the depot to view a passenger run. The scene featured families, youths and veterans, with a well-kept depot and orderly street setup reflecting festive town participation in the historic ride.
The Banner notes Wednesday Sept 17 1975 as town caucus day in Vermont when parties meet to select delegates to county caucauses and influence candidates and policy. The Liberty Union holds caucuses in Bennington and Shaftsbury urging participation to shape party policies and offer an alternative to Republicans and Democrats.
In Vermont, Liberty Union caucus pushes Sept 17 voting. A funeral for Former Police Chief Francis J. Cone is noted with praise for Bennington Police and County Sheriffs. Gov Salmon and John Warner tout a VT2 rail excursion during the bicentennial, citing tourism gains and future rail plans.
Editor notes slight frost in outlying areas but mostly spared. Praises fall blooms from sunflowers to wildflowers, goldenrod, petunias, and geraniums, urging readers to appreciate local growers who brightened streets. Warns winter emptiness will soon replace color.
Ellsworth Maine readers weigh a recent labor bill restricting minors in outdoor farm work. The opinion argues current laws, born of industrial era abuses, threaten small rural growers by limiting 14 to underage blueberry picking with parental consent and limited hours.
John M. Seidl argues in Policy Analysis that sweeping HEW reforms are needed as current rules threaten traditional harvesting industries. He notes regulations have grown since 1961 to over 300 programs, creating narrow, conflicting rules with total costs potentially ballooning from 9 billion to 250 billion if fully extended.
The Institute on Man and Science at Rensselaerville NY hosted a conference on The Uses of Smallness arguing that larger is not better and urging Americans to think small. The piece laments a culture of super this and super that and calls for desuperization starting with stars, while warning that reversing bigness may demand a superhuman effort.
Reader's Digest notes that many old sayings lose their final word yet keep their meaning. Examples include familiarity breeds contempt, blondes have more fun, money is the root of all evil, fools rush in where angels fear to tread, nothing's so rare as a day in hell, beauty is only skin deep, and hell hath no fury like a woman.
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