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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1977
Page
5
Melvin Maddocks argues modern life breeds helplessness from headlines to traffic jams and megacorporations. He notes shifts toward private, manageable acts like jogging and home gardening as anti helplessness, while warning such gestures may only skim the surface.
A memoir style column notes T J Mallory turning 986 with sister Martha Briggs of Beech Street and still working daily at a Woodford mill where he is part owner. It mentions Briggs’s 90th birthday, an auction near North Bennington after Polygraphic Co of America bought the plant formerly owned by H C White Co, Bennington Village board discussing fire alarm upgrades, and a 25 year old note on Hoosac School’s opening. It quotes governors meeting with a former governor in the White House and analyzes Carter era federal state relations and red tape issues for local officials.
A Muddy mix of local happenings and national policy unfolds from Hoosick to Williamstown. Fritz Tolle and Walter Adams win a sawing contest at the Grange Fair while Trigger the horse carries Marion Oakes in Airport Road. A Chesapeake voyage aboard SS Constitution carries thousands including Niles Callanan and wife. Carter’s drive to cut red tape brings reforms in grant reporting, copying limits, and spending disclosures, reshaping state and local power dynamics amid debates on decentralization and revenue sharing.
The writer criticizes Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus for a 60 day review delay of Georges Bank oil and gas leasing and warns HR 1614 would federalize exploration. He argues delays harm New England economies, cites past court battles and environmental rules, urges readers to contact congressmen, and accuses the federal government of seeking power and cost growth at taxpayers’ expense.
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