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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. This notice outlines the editorial operations and publication schedule for the local newspaper.
Analysis notes how Mao and Lyndon Johnson share a stance against negotiated settlement in Vietnam. It contrasts Beijing and Washington reactions to Hanoi's willingness to talk, citing UPI observations on Mao’s concerns and Rusk Bundy’s cooling signals. It outlines the political risk in Johnson’s push for peace on his terms amid war weariness and corruption pressures.
In Montpelier last week a public hearing on the Riehle sign control bill drew billboard lobbyist Henry Black and anti billboard supporters from Bennington. The piece would ban private off premise signs along state highways. The piece also notes BenMont Co financial worries and BCIC efforts, plus Jean Henry of the Bennington County Humane Society coping with a stray loon and plans to relocate it seasonally.
In New York state a Democratic contest emerges for the U.S. Senate nomination as Rep. Joseph Resnick of Ellenville and Morris Abram press a statewide bid against incumbent Sen. Jacob Javits. Resnick backs Johnson war policy while Abram leans toward Kennedy supporters, with party leaders weighing a possible primary and a Goldberg candidacy lingering in the background.
In The Passing Scene, Milton Mayer argues the root issue behind youth drug use is not personal failing but national structure. He cites The Progressive and the Vietnam draft, contending boys born into a system choosing college or combat later drive drug use as a coping mechanism. The author urges studying the draft’s influence on student behavior, not just individual paths.
A reminiscence on past lecture culture in Sunderland noting frequent Communist speakers who spoke for free, and modern shifts as intellectuals are labeled emotionals. A Fischer incident is linked to fundamentalist circles with strict rules, debating rights to protest and limits on actions from picketing to disrupting public venues.
An analysis argues Moscow seeks to prolong Vietnam conflict to burden the U.S. balance of payments, boost Soviet gold buying power, and gain peace conference leverage, while noting USSR gains from a weak dollar and China’s faltering support. It traces gold reserves, Western devaluation risks, and internal Chinese instability as context.
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