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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1975
Page
5
A personal essay contrasts a modern trucked house with traditional handcraft by a Maine farm family. The narrator recalls selecting Model No. 466-C, assembly crews, and the owl’s eye knot found by Vance Harmon as he built a west bedroom. The piece notes the ritual of revealing knotwork to guests and the steady, identical completion of the model.
The Sept 1 Egypt Israel accord faces congressional scrutiny as a secret addendum promises to study sending Israel advanced weapons including F 16 fighters and Pershing ground to ground missiles. Pentagon objections cite nuclear warhead risks and production timelines.
A reader argues fixed income hardship from inflation and opposes a one third sales tax hike to fund public luxury. He cites a Vermont legislative appeal and urges economy over tax increases. A roadside anecdote features a vacationing couple and a small car claiming 25.7 miles per gallon on a steep mountain pass.
A Springfield letter accuses deficit spending of fueling inflation via money creation and urges local retrenchment in education and taxes. It likens bureaucratic programs to drug addiction, links wage and Social Security increases to theft, and questions the Federal Reserve and currency history. The piece ends by comparing money to Continentals and Greenbacks.
The Bennington village water system net income for six months, totaling 6100, was turned over to the Putnam Memorial Hospital Association, a gift tied to Henry W. Putnam. The deed once cut household rates in half and directed future incomes to the hospital, then only a paper entity.
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