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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner issues daily except Sundays and holidays. It is published by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Editorial urges embracing the right to travel as protected liberty and applauds the State Department’s shift away from enforcing travel bans to restricted nations. It argues that access to information from Communist countries benefits U.S. interests and criticizes a pending congressional bill seeking to criminalize travel to designated states.
Editors urge weekend cleanup as Bennington townspeople, selectmen, and volunteers join a countywide drive to remove abandoned autos. The effort, praised as a model for surrounding communities, seeks wider participation today and tomorrow to finish the collection.
Vermont becomes first continental U.S. state to outlaw billboards after three days of debate, four days before session end. Law limits roadside signs to state owned plazas and directional signs, California’s neighbors watch, while supporters praise a step toward scenic sanity and public engagement in park plans for Bennington.
The piece argues that U S military commanders and Secretary of State Dean Rusk could complicate or stall any opening talks with Hanoi. It notes Johnson aims for negotiated steps toward de escalation, while divisions within the defense establishment and political shadows complicate prospects for a gradual end to the Vietnam war.
A Vermont diarist notes April lingers between winter and spring with ice still on streams and snow banks. He recalls opening trout seasons, early robins, geese, and black ducks, and recalls opening days from New York to West Virginia, ending with renewed hope for May.
A 1965 discussion on a proposed national electronic data center warns that centralizing citizen records across federal agencies risks depersonalizing society and eroding trust. It cites IRS, Social Security, census and credit data, raising concerns about safeguards, potential misuses, and the loss of individual privacy to powerful computer systems.
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