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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont.
Editorial views Hubert Humphrey as Democratic nominee after Chicago convention. It notes McCarthy and McGovern shortcomings while praising Humphrey’s resilience. It argues Democrats face a tough general election and that Humphrey must prove himself, hoping party factions unite under a shared umbrella.
Editor's notes reflect on Senator Ribicoff's 1960 speech for McGovern, a Bennington dinner costing $5 per plate with about 200 attendees, and Brigham Young's 1852 Vermont birth and celestial marriage doctrine. The column laments political shifts and jokes about government take-home pay as times change.
Marquis Childs analyzes the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention. McCarthy supporters clash with protesters while the Kennedy draft boom flickers and dies. Jesse Unruh weighs up the California factor as Kennedy wavers and Smith drives the boomlet, with Humphrey keeping watch from the sidelines.
Daniel J. Holland Executive Director of the Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council thanks nine Bennington College students for running a Parent Child Center for mothers and about 30 children during the summer and notes plans to establish a community day care center. The executive urges community support and learning from the students’ initiative.
Readers thank Bennington College and its students for use of nursery school quarters and summer transportation help. They credit the college families and staff, including Eleanor Sourcliffe, for aiding the day care center, while criticizing Playboy and praising the Kennedy brothers amid a tense political moment.
The writer recounts moving into a Montpelier house chosen for state duties, hosting Red Cross sewing events for legislators’ partners from 14 counties, and organizing community meals and gatherings. The diary notes preparations, staff, and outcomes including dances, maple sugar on snow, and continued county participation.
A Burlington area book review discusses Lew Taggetts Why Not Retire at Fifty from Vantage Press. The author recounts leaving city life for farming while young enough to enjoy it, offers advice on a trial retirement and shares anecdotes on country living and practical lessons from his beef cattle operation. The critique notes engaging writing but suggests stronger characterization would improve the work.
The narrator recalls a warm winter filled with parlor gatherings and a Red Cross drive. Through evenings by the fire, women and men shared work and conversation, producing sweaters, socks, mittens, baby blankets, dresses, and diapers. Totals show 1290 items and meals across three months, with friendships forming among the women.
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