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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
Editorial notes Nixon frames campaign to win the “real voice of America” by targeting middle class voters. He emphasizes crime control, private enterprise city rebuilding, and reclaiming global respect, while promising Vietnam war settlement and Racial parity at home. His optimistic image clashes with associations to Thurmond and Tower and with Agnew’s weak standing.
The piece critiques Nixon on law and order and urban policy, noting alienated Black voters and wary Democrats. It questions his meaning of law and order and honorable peace, and whether private enterprise can fix urban crises without dismantling federal programs. It argues he may overestimate business and military power to solve global and domestic ills.
The 1968 Republican platform at Miami Beach is praised as mainstream, yet the piece argues that core conservatism from 1964 has evolved into the 1968 liberal stance. It cites Goldwater, Evans, Rockefeller, and others endorsing strong law and order and private enterprise, while the author notes a broader move to entice youth away from two parties in search of renewed American liberty.
LANDGROVE readers hear a panther debate sparked by sightings and letters. Samuel Ogden recalls split infinitive humor, cites Panther Pete and Lawrence editors, and questions credibility after seeing a beast at six to eight feet. He notes reactions from Donald E. Greene and references a book by Robert Froman.
Editors note that the state will broadcast educational television by October and carry Vermont election results nationwide for the first time. A crime wave hits Bennington with burglaries and vandalism prompting calls for stronger state and local police forces.
Democratic Gov. King of New Hampshire abandons hawk stance and runs for U S Senate while Republican Sen. Cotton seeks UN Security Council involvement and a re election bid. The dramatic switch signals voter disenchantment with the Vietnam war and politicians bending with the times.
Boston columnist Max Lerner analyzes Pope Paul VI’s reaffirmation of the Catholic Church ban on contraception. He argues the decision could undermine reform momentum, ecumenism, and belief in other church positions while stressing the conflict between papal authority and individual conscience amid global population pressures. The piece cites broader societal changes, internal church debates, and potential effects on Latin America’s family planning programs.
A reader thanks the Shaftsbury Fire Department for staying up to dampen down the barn fire remains and easing fears. The writer notes wider generation gaps and mentions Dr Grayson Kirk president of Columbia University as a referenced figure. The letter expresses gratitude to helpers and those worried about fire.
Don Humphreys M D of Bennington urges traffic safety changes after a February intersection crash at Valentine and Main. He writes that the costly accident proves the need for fewer Vermont town traffic lights and a cautious stop sign rather than a light.
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