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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 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. The notice confirms the newspaper’s mailing and production details for readers and advertisers.
The weekend communique and the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Czechoslovakia mark a hopeful shift in Eastern Europe. The outcome favors limited reform and bargaining over military action, suggesting momentum for democratizing ideas despite remaining limits on press freedom and political critique.
In Searsburg a cool July day frames a backyard memory lane. Charlie and I test a new croquet set with friends Leo and Mildred Berry, recalling kite flying days in Coblenz and a tall papa who built daring kites like a red oil paper giant and a lifelike white owl that soared before misadventure.
An analysis of virulent racism in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom where a shotgun attack on a Black minister's home and hostility to a governor’s anti-racism program highlight the stubborn persistence of racial prejudice in a remote region and the broader national crisis. The piece argues for programs to foster understanding and notes the challenge of reconciliation from Vermont to the Deep South.
In Miami yesterday Vermont GOP chairman Elbert G Moulton fell from an elephant but rode it again to success signaling Nelson Rockefellers presidential bid. The piece also criticizes Rutlands censorship of Playboy and Rosemarys Baby arguing censorship fuels curiosity and erodes free choice, urging censors to stay in Rutland and warning of a snowball effect on arts access.
A Miami Beach carrier story argues the GOP's habit of opposition could hurt governance if Republicans capture the presidency in 1969. It notes historical cycles, GOP underscoring congressional defeats, and questions whether Nixon’s 1969 agenda could unify reluctant party members.
A Nixon Reagan duo is seen as the strongest ticket for the GOP to counter Wallace and appeal to conservative and pragmatic voters. Reagan would balance Nixon, freeing Nixon to focus on the Northeast while Reagan sways the West and Deep South, with potential victory in New York and other key states.
Arlington resident Robert V. Jones reproduces Gov. Hoff tax view and Burlington tax commissioner Gerald S. Witherspoon exchange. He opposes municipal income taxes and advocates removing property as a tax base while urging state action on school funding and affordable public spending.
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