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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
The Bennington Board of Civil Authority’s initial appeals rulings confirm taxpayer concerns about inequities in the 1966 Grand List. Most cases reduced listers’ assessments, with a quarter cut 25 percent or more, prompting listers to reprocess the list while facing a wave of potential further appeals. About 500 changes are expected, roughly 10 percent of taxable properties, with a second grievance round open to all owners. An impartial inquiry is urged to explain whether the Grand List was poorly prepared or reforms are needed to prevent recurrence.
Editor remarks on Bob Hagerman leaving Banner to campaign with Dick Snelling and Joel Whittemore departing as airport manager for Pan American. Both may remain active locally. Also notes Old Bennington Village tax prepayment invitation with officials weighing benefits and costs, and BCHS student Niles Oesterle’s injured leg among reader fragments.
Fischetti sits at home listening to a class via intercom while Oesterle is seen in Wednesday's Banner listening to biology instructor James Lowery. A photo claim of Ralph Bevis with a 60 pound seven foot rampart gun is revealed as an obsolete fort defense piece not suitable for skeet.
The Burlington Free Press notes that Pat Nugent and Luci Nugent of Austin Texas face a tense start to marriage as three closed circuit cameras watch the house from wooden cases matching the duplex trim. A one way glass window carport feature and high privacy fence are described as part of the setup.
Washington debate narrows the truth in packaging legislation as lobbyists strike out government packing standards. Sen Hart cites Michigan study showing higher costs for households, while industry giants push for a weakened House version and delays in firm standards.
A reminiscence tracing Vermont trolley beginnings in 1834, the Bennington and Glastenbury route, and the Bennington Woodford line. It recalls open side cars, early electric motors, ghost towns, and local memories of casinos, inns, and scenic stops along County Street to Hoosick and beyond.
A Taipei report questions Mao Zedong's attempt to convert 700 million Chinese into Puritans. The piece argues the Yenan way clashes with China’s vast, diverse population and the historic reality of the party’s growth beyond its original small, zealous core.
Sept 17, over 90 players coaches and managers from the Bennington Little League rode three Vermont Transit buses to Boston’s Fenway Park to see the Red Sox beat the Kansas City A’s. The trip cost $600 plus and raised more than $900 from local merchants and donors.
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