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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201, serving the Vermont community with local news and notices.
Editorial lauds Apollo 8 for near perfection and safety as astronauts Lovell Borman and Anders return. Highlights include precise navigation, reliable engines, and potential for a moon landing next summer. Observers note the Moon as drab while Earth appears as a grand oasis from space.
The editor debates a scientist claim that spinach contains harmful nitrates while noting parental concerns about child safety. The Windham County Planning Commission recommends a new highway along the present Vermont Route 9 corridor between Brattleboro and Bennington, with possible Inter State linkage east toward Maine. Bennington County Planning Commission is urged to address regional transportation needs and the unsafe travel on Route 9.
The Berkshire Eagle prints Peter Potomac arguing that middle Americans are not mindless. They are content with family life and leisure yet have frustrations with the system. If pressured too far they may explode like other groups.
Vermonters faced the ugliness of racial prejudice in 1968 amid a Republican sweep of top offices. The Irasburg affair dominated headlines, prompting a three member inquiry and censure of state police leadership. The era closed with plans for a continued youth exchange and debates over education highway funding and public debt.
Gerald Moffitt of 243 Depot St letters the editor in The Banner about a Dec 8 Vermont Sunday News editorial arguing strict gun laws do not deter crime. He urges harsher penalties for crimes using guns and opposes disarming law abiding citizens.
George Gordon reflects on winter sunrises in Vermont Maine and Oregon describing the awe of dawn light over snow, pines, and mountains. He recalls travels for scenery and notes beauty lies in the beholder while praising nature’s daily gift and the uplifting power of a new day.
A Winsted Connecticut citizen jokes that Fred has quit smoking. The quip cites doctor advice his wife’s request and his mother in law’s command as the reasons for the change, reflecting local humor.
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