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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1973
Page
2
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 4.5 Main Street Bennington Yarmont 06201.
Editorial notes fallout from Watergate as Attorney General Elliott Richardson reopens the 1970 Kent State shooting inquiry. Rumors claim an FBI informer infiltrated the Kent State group, fitting a pattern of Nixon administration effort to discredit dissenters.
The piece analyzes state authorities whitewashing Watergate fallout and federal resistance, praising Attorney General Richardson for upholding impartial justice. It notes Martha Mitchell’s influence and suggests John Mitchell might have remained AG without Watergate and Martha, affecting reopenings like Kent State.
A commentary argues the Sam Ervin image fits as a symbolic elder statesman but warns a youthful Democrat like Mondale may be needed to lead the party toward a viable 1976 nomination. It contrasts Ervin’s virtues with looming Republican contenders Baker Weicker Percy and Ted Kennedy speculation. The piece advocates two party rejuvenation after Watergate.
Police use of no knock warrants, enabled by crime legislation from Nixon's first term, leads to dangerous mistakes. In Oxnard a court order stormed the wrong house, terrifying a pregnant mother and children, with the raid ending in a marijuana arrest. Critics warn such tactics jeopardize innocents and upend lawful order.
An American friend in Japan shares a letter describing two Vietnam war injured youths in Hiroshima with Dr. Harada. Phiet-san, 15, has no hands and facial injuries. Quy-san, 12, has an artificial leg and possible spinal issue. Dr. Harada, a plastic surgeon, faces a lengthy process of treatment and patience.
A heartfelt note from North Bennington recalling the 24th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, praising survivors who aided Vietnamese bomb victims through surgery and retraining. The author urges American compassion and justice inspired by Buddhist and Judeo Christian ideals.
A 1984 sequence shows activists from the Fifteenth of April Movement staging a raid on the IRS offices in New York pouring red ink on records, kneeling in the street. Taxpayer Rights Organization pickets block Columbia University, demanding a Department of Taxpayer Studies with a taxpayer-led head. A separate Sonora hijack by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Youth threatens ransom actions tied to tax protests.
A commentary on Theodore White’s portrait of Nixon notes the private tapes, the three aides who knew him best, and the urge to preserve conversations for posterity. It muses on possible museum displays and screening committees, warning the project could become a casualty of Watergate.
Observer notes eight justices nearly tripping over robes while overrules a colleague in a sudden incident in Cambodia. The piece condemns the hit by two waves of B 52 bombers that killed three hundred civilians and questions American glory under Nixon.
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