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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily excluding Sundays and holidays. It is published by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
The House passed the just peace resolution 335 to 55 amid tight rules and one hearing. McCormack calls it an endorsement of free elections in Vietnam while Ford sees it as backing administration efforts including Vietnamization and possible re escalation. Nixon favors the approach. Critics warn it may slow withdrawal and risk misreading public will.
The piece argues that after Judge Haynsworth was rejected for the Supreme Court over ethical concerns, Senators show hypocrisy by failing to disclose personal financial interests and conflicts. It calls for public disclosure of assets, liabilities, client fees, and gifts for all lawmakers to restore public trust.
Editors note a statewide effort to provide Christmas gifts to Brandon Training School residents and Waterbury State Hospital. Local churches homemakers groups and others donate gifts. Bennington Friends of Retarded Children collects gifts at 238 Ben Mont Ave and Bennington YMCA seeks used toys for repair and distribution to local children. Volunteers welcome painting tinkering and drop offs of unused toys.
In a column noting horror over Song My and Hue atrocities, John Ashbrook and John Rarick push accounts of Communist terror from Ho Chi Minh era Viet Minh trials to the Congressional Record. The piece contrasts alleged American actions with Viet Minh brutality, citing Dr. Dooley on the Haiduong courtyard torture.
The writer rebuts CBS coverage of December 1968 House hearings on anti American activity linked to the Chicago riots, accusing CBS of bias and masking facts about National Mobilization Committee leaders Dellinger Hayden and Davis. He claims witnesses were evasive and alleges funding details were hidden from the public.
A Cambridge Mass. column critiques U.S. war coverage and moral questions around the Song My massacre rumors. It argues the press and public overinterpret photos and stresses the danger of assuming guilt, urging careful judgment and accountability. The piece then shifts to Harvard faculty growth and the strain on teacher unity amid expanding universities and evolving student attitudes.
A New York Times News Service piece surveys rising anxiety among professors from Harvard and elsewhere as universities undergo political and biological shifts. It cites older and younger academics grappling with career instability, financial pressures, and a widening gap between traditional values and modern student dynamics.
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