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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It lists 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201 as its address and records its publishing schedule.
Editorial warns that the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, signed by Johnson, reverses Miranda Mallory rights and expands wiretapping. It argues the bill curbs habeas corpus, empowers police, weakens the Supreme Court, and endangers the poor and uninformed, risking tyranny.
An opinion piece laments the decline of skating and ice sports in Brattleboro and surrounding areas due to the rise of lift skiing and expensive gear. It recalls a nostalgia for simple shoe skates, outdoor ponds, and communal winter recreation before the ski tow era changed the landscape.
Paris analysis argues that progress in Vietnam hinges on discreet talks and shifts in leadership. Harriman and Vance urged private negotiations with North Vietnam while Ky and Thieu face uncertain futures without sustained U.S. troop support. Lodge may replace Harriman as chief negotiator, shaping a path toward gradual pullback and quiet progress behind the scenes.
Col Raymond C. Murray reports that the Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association criticizes the town audit by Roland E. Scott & Co. and calls for an immediate, proper accounting system. The letter challenges Mrs Langlois's statements, cites a $6,000 uncollected sewer tax gap, and urges clear explanations and full examination of the audit showing no overall system.
To the editor the Sanner urges a lasting Christmas gift of blood. The Red Cross Blood Program relies on volunteers. Bennington donors will give on Wednesday Dec 18 at the Elks Barn 11 45 a m to 5 30 p m. Co chairmen Mrs Eugene V Clark and Mrs Richard B Leake II call for a top turnout.
A letter to the editor argues Vermont should slaughter deer humanely to convert 30,000 annual deaths into a meat supply. Proposes processing plants, byproducts, jobs, and sales channels, suggesting Vermont Life ads to spark interest and develop a humane, profitable industry.
James Russell Wiggins, newly appointed U S ambassador to the United Nations, argues in a recent speech that the rights to dissent and to conform must be mutually protected. He urges majorities and minorities to extend deference and tolerance to secure a diverse society.
The piece argues that NYU students who disrupted civil rights cases and displayed Nazi flags reflect a failed educational process. It connects student activism to propaganda and calls out instructors and ideas, noting shifts in communist and socialist stances and urging open dialogue despite strong partisan tensions.
In Albany GOP leaders choose Perry Duryea as speaker as they wrestle to name a floor leader amid factions. Potential candidates include Kenneth Leasure and James McFarland while Willis Stephens is eyed for Ways and Means. Democrats rally behind Stanley Steingut as Weinstein presses for minority leadership though internal divisions persist.
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