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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper published by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201, with Sundays and holidays excluded from publication.
Vermont editors argue for open party conventions to pick national delegates, reducing smoke-filled room influence. They note open ballots could reflect grass-roots sentiment, with both Democrats and Republicans urged to abandon the old system and let voters decide delegates and nominees.
President Johnson faces a tough fight as Congress debates cutting the foreign aid budget to about 1.5 billion dollars for the new fiscal year, a move backed by Rep. H R Gross and Sen. Wayne Morse. House leaders Otto Passman and George Mahon push drastic pruning amid Vietnam costs, while a new inspector general measure seeks tighter controls on waste.
The writer reflects on shifting pleasures from Easter outfits to nature’s spring milestones in Searsburg. A woodcock sighting, pond thaw, and daffodils mark renewal, while a tip on distinguishing male and female white breasted nuthatches is shared. A statewide brush burning ban is noted, with fire watchers including a first lady observer. The garden expands as Charlie digs, seeds go in early, and mid April marks a first for starting the garden then.
A Washington context analyzes how Mayor Daley’s shoot to kill order inflamed black paranoia and white hatred after Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination. Officials fear violence will spread, with blacks suspecting genocide and whites arming for civil conflict, while national leadership wavered on expanded ghettos programs.
A humorous spoof claims oranges from a helicopter drop influenced peace talks. A Vietnam era tale details a fake mission, a broken rigging scattering fruit, and a supposed citrus bomb discovered in a Viet Cong outpost. The piece parodies UPI style with invented names.
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