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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation. It is printed at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201, serving the local community with news and notices.
A Vermont obscenity law aims to shield under eighteens from adult material but risks turning news dealers, bookstores, and theaters into censors. The measure defines obscene content as description or depiction of nudity or sexual conduct appealing to prurient or morbid interests and could face constitutional challenges. The law presumes all such material is harmful to minors and imposes fines and imprisonment on adults who allow minors access.
Excerpts show Gov Philip Hoff breaking with Johnson and backing Sen Robert Kennedy for president. He warns of a global yet intimate crisis, calls for urgent domestic reforms, and argues for a reassessment of Vietnam policy and leadership to restore faith in American democracy.
Washington. The writer admires Eugene McCarthy amid the 1960s primary battles. He praises McCarthy’s sanity, modesty, and war policy stance, contrasts him with Nixon Johnson Rockefeller and Kennedy, and argues McCarthy could heal the generational split and unite the nation without polarizing it.
Lyndon Johnson faces criticism over US handling of Quemoy and Matsu in Formosa Strait. The piece argues these islands justify Taiwan’s defense costs, pin down Red Chinese forces, and serve as radar and signaling assets for Taipei, while warning against overreliance on the US State Department.
Dr Louis Fleck of the University of Maine argued that forced retirement at 65 or 66 harms productivity and robs younger workers of chances at jobs during a seminar in Augusta Maine. He urged changing aging notions and retirement practices to keep workers contributing longer.
Byron A. Harrington of Bennington accuses Vermont leaders and real estate syndicates of selling the state to profiteers and the Mafia. He cites land deals around Wilmington, tax changes, and Sunday gambling votes as proof of corrupt influence, urging local readers to scrutinize lawmakers and real estate agents.
Arlington resident Robert V Jones protests Vermont tax policy urging shift from property to income taxes to fund education and state costs. He argues current high property taxes burden elders and small towns while land values and non profit institutions escape fair share. He cites rising school costs since the 1950s and urges urgent adoption of an income based system.
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