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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner, published daily excluding Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corp at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont, presents editorials from its newsroom and opinion pages.
The Legislative Council outdoor Advertising Committee urged banning all private signs and billboards including in commercial areas. It backed state owned directional signs, a free 24 hour tourist telephone line, a tourist guide, and four new welcome centers to protect Vermont scenery. The bill aims to end billboard blight and replace ads with information centers, but faces legislative hurdles and possible removal costs.
In its second year the Beers family festival becomes a major summer event with musicians and spectators traveling to Petersburg New York for four days of togetherness. The issue highlights quiet woodland sets like Fox Hollow and monastic tunes, plus city roadhouses and college-like youth programs in Bennington and North Shire.
General James Gavin gains broad backing as he proposes a Republican alternative to President Johnson’s Vietnam policy. Readers flood him with letters urging a Gavin for President movement, while Gavin weighs risks of breaking from the war and the path to a moderate non Johnson candidacy.
A series of reader letters discuss the Vietnam war policy and its impact on democracy versus communism, critique the “no win” approach, and urge checks and balances. Other letters defend Southern progress on civil rights, challenge blanket blame of the South, and note misattribution of letters and civic leaders’ roles.
A reflective Vermont homeowner recounts pond life and wildlife drama. Darning needles, damselflies, wasps chase a blue damsel, while frogs grow in number as salamanders decline. The piece notes seasonal shifts, tourism, and a later return to village charm as autumn nears.
Two Boy Scouts on a hike quoted a line from the Scout Oath in Fall River Massachusetts. One admitted being trustworthy loyal helpful courteous kind obedient cheerful thrifty brave clean and lost amid the woods near the Spectator area.
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