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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
President Nixon proposes removing all political patronage from postmasterships and rural carrier appointments. A Civil Service competitive exam will pick three top names, with postmaster general choosing. Senate confirmation remains, but reform aims to end patronage and restore efficiency amid long vacancies and politicized hiring.
The Vermont legislature weighs naming an official state rock green schist as part of a light political distraction amid real state issues. Editor notes criticize Gov. Deane Davis on educational TV reach and funding, while Bennington fires department handles a Beech Street blaze without injuries and with praise for response.
The Christian Science Monitor discusses Norway plans to raise sales taxes to about 20 percent while scrapping most income taxes for all but the wealthiest, offset by tripling child allowances and aligning with Common Market norms. The piece contrasts this with American tax anxieties and notes columnist Art Buchwald’s inflation deflation idea.
A 1960s revolt critique argues New Left, student power, and black power overreached, outraging liberals and moderates and alienating the middle class. It notes European counterreactions, a minister of education’s harsh rebuke, and psychiatrist Bruno Bettelheim’s remark that leaders are "very, very sick." The piece suggests revolts will be harder to sustain though not over.
A letter column contrasts liberal Sen. Joseph Tydings with Sen. Sam Ervin on a proposed District of Columbia bail bill. Tydings cites repeat offenses by bail recipients to justify preventive detention, while Ervin warns the Constitution protects freedom and due process, arguing against broad preventive detention despite public pressure. The piece notes Washington politics and the enduring pull of history.
An article on winter planning for a garden highlights companion planting with insect repellent herbs and flowers such as marigolds asters coreopsis and cosmos. It notes pest resistance from mulch and flowers between vegetables, prefers minimal spraying, and shares homemade sprays using onion garlic chives and peppers. It also mentions earwig traps with bamboo tubes and roams discussion of pest control without poisons.
A discussion on black capitalism through franchise opportunities for Negroes highlights coffee, ballroom, motel, and gas station franchises. It notes white-dominated control, ego barriers, Shell Oil’s successful Black dealers, and examples like Otis Smith and Claude Hunter, arguing for African American franchising as viable entrepreneurship and urging Black capitalists to start at top levels.
A short humorous exchange is cited from the United Mine Worker Journal. An old lady asks how she is, the child replies she is not interested, highlighting blunt social politeness. The item preserves a dated, wry humor tone typical of the periodical.
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