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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner publishes editorials daily except Sundays and holidays from its office at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201 urging readers to consider community issues and public policy perspectives.
Analysis notes urban unrest calmer than predicted with residents in ghettos aided by communication efforts. Dems fear demonstrations but progress includes higher non white incomes and a shift of Negroes from central cities to suburbs. Census shows central city Negro population stabilizing and moving outward.
Nancy Otis, county editor, enjoyed a Monday afternoon in Pownal attending a children's songfest directed by visiting songwriter John Redmond. The note captures her reaction to the event and the lively atmosphere.
Robert C. Morse argues education must start in infancy to shape future choices and careers. He urges broad teacher training, recording student likes, and guiding majors through formative grades to fit lifelong aims.
To the editor of The Banner Mrs Russell Parks reports the Dorset Historical Society meeting last Tuesday was highly pleasing with a full audience enjoying the Williamsburg film The Colonial Naturalist. Readers hope the film returns during school season for children. over 100 new members joined the society in appreciation of its work for Dorset Township.
Inside Washington reports that Hubert Humphrey trusted advisers oppose any convention move to placate rivals with a ticket pairing. They doubt McCarthy or McGovern can boost the ticket, compare to Kennedy Johnson 1960, and foresee McCarthy’s weaker prospects in 1970.
In a Bennington Letters to the Editor column, Probation Officer Robert J. Poblocki urges parents to take responsibility for their children after a near riot on Aug 21. He cites street disorder, alcohol use, and lack of supervision as core problems, urging family discipline and use of local counseling agencies.
A writer chronicles a futile search for rhymes to political candidates Foster Witten Nelson Van Santvoord Marshall Bill George and others for District 3 3. She laments the laborious task and reflects on the difficulty of crafting fair slogans while noting the strain of matching names and rhythms.
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