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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
Rep. Robert T. Stafford urged cutting federal spending to avert a national deficit yet defended preserving and expanding programs addressing urban unrest. Riots after Martin Luther King Jr. and the poor people's march heighten pressure for new social legislation and a guaranteed annual income. Kennedy and McCarthy back a minimum income. debates center on funding from Vietnam costs versus domestic needs.
Editorials urge a unified approach to unruly dogs at schools and public areas with licensing enforcement and stricter village rules. It also praises GOP hopeful Jim Oakes for defending legislative process, notes MAUHS Patriots outshining the Red Sox, and warns against delay in action or taxes.
Washington editors question Lyndon Johnson's credibility gap linking it to self deception rather than deliberate deceit. The piece notes Johnson's off the cuff rhetoric and promise heavy tone, cites past pledges to meet anyone anywhere, and argues the credibility issue persists despite a peace initiative and a brief renunciation of a second term. It underscores the risk if the effort fails and labels deceit as self deception.
A columnist muses on names for this century’s era, listing an Age of Protest among others and examining contrasts in religion, fashion, technology, and social behavior. He notes protests in worship, fashion shocks, the rise of automation, and the generation gap, ending with a view that many help others and history makes for a better age despite discomforts.
A collection of letters urging peace talks in Vietnam criticizing U S policies and urging Geneva Accords adherence. The writers reference Johnson and Hanoi, mourn civilian losses, and call for universal elections. Other writers defend preserving Vermont’s Pavilion building and argue for distinguishing natural from recreation areas.
In Montpelier and at the Vermont governor's conference on natural resources the distinction between natural and recreation areas is debated. Mrs. Lloyd H. Bugbee argues definitions have shifted as mechanized sports and commercial facilities reshape the recreation concept, sidelining quiet outdoor pastimes like hiking and birdwatching. The seminar and meetings aim to clarify how Vermonters view landscapes and their use.
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