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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Opinion argues the Electoral College is useless and dangerous after a North Carolina elector defected from Nixon to Wallace. Muskie and O’Hara plan to challenge the vote, but the change alters nothing. Calls for reform to presidential selection to remove reliance on party designation and elector whim.
Editors note that Bennington selectmen plan to prepare this year’s budget for March town meeting and weigh whether to hold the line on spending or raise items due to an expected rise in the grand list. A taxpayers group urges public hearings to gauge opinion and influence budget choices. The Senior Citizens Center also seeks greater input from center users for its future.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules selectmen in Concord Sudbury and Wayland may bar high voltage lines on public roads if aesthetics are harmed. decision expands to weigh beauty alongside efficiency and cost and nudges utilities toward underground wiring, amid case for undergrounding in rural and urban areas.
The piece argues that Israel’s retaliatory strike on Lebanon follows continuous Arab hostility and terror, noting Israel’s caution in Lebanon, the longstanding existential threat, and the world’s biased view. It contends U Thant’s UN leadership and shifting U.S. opinion have altered perceptions of Israel, framing its actions as self defense amid decades of provocation.
The piece outlines a crowded Democratic field considering Sen. Charles E. Goodell, appointed to fill RFK's term, with potential contenders like O'Dwyer, Nickerson, Resnick, Wagner, Stratton, Bingham, Sorenson, Burns, and Steingut. It notes NYC familiarity, reform versus regular factions, and talk of a possible primary to settle the nomination.
A columnist riffs on window smashing by youths in Pittsfield and the school psychology fad. He recalls cases where reformist talk yields little change, notes the snowballing delinquency, and mocks overconfident experts while praising teachers with real classroom experience.
In a pre-Montgomery Desert era war slang, alakesak meant do as you will. The piece notes Johnson era quiescence, Cabinet papers, and a humorous award at the Post Office with Marvin Watson praising LBJ amid mixed legacies and a winter-quarters government.
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