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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial notes the Paris talks on Vietnam moving forward after 10 weeks of debate over the table shape. It praises Johnson, Harriman, and Vance for progress and Nixon's support, cites cautious optimism from North Vietnamese and Saigon, and cautions that a truce remains distant but a first step is possible.
The Nixon panel urges ending welfare rules that push families apart when a father is in residence and calls for the federal government to assume a larger role with national minimum payment standards. It cites disparities from Mississippi to New York and weighs a shift to negative income tax or family allowances, though broad changes face public caution.
Editor notes the four percent sales tax proposal could tax electricity and fuel but may exempt services like laundry, hairdressing, and haircuts. Governor Davis said services would be excluded, offering a glimmer to Vermonters strained by rising food and energy costs. The piece notes the hardship and potential return to simple home haircuts.
Vermont faces a volatile session as Governor Deane C. Davis pushes a 15 week battle over a 1970 budget and a three pronged tax plan including a 4 percent sales tax. Lawmakers split along party lines with opposition expectations rising while Davis seeks to keep the state solvent and avoid a fiscal clash.
The article argues the Nixon administration will inherit a Vietnam stalemate. North Vietnam uses Paris talks and a hiatus to stall progress with international support from neutralist nations, especially Sweden. Public optimism risks pressuring a swift peace that may not serve U.S. interests. Averell Harriman warns Americans against rushing a settlement.
Susan Curth of White Creek New York writes in to support complaints about ice on Route 68 from North Bennington to White Creek citing dangerous driving conditions and uneven snow clearing compared with the New York side. She also objects to Rev Forman's no contract policy at Red Brick School recounting a paid employment dispute and urges better support for Bennington Retarded Children.
The passage argues that Johnson and Nixon pursue realism, with Nixon already acting to prevent concessions and prepared to go further if political or military realities demand it. It asserts the White House leadership changes don’t alter the strategic contest in Vietnam.
Conservationists warn that clean water air and countryside require constant effort as 80 Vermont industries seek to pollute waters while concerns grow over Governor Hickel’s Interior post. The Connecticut River valley and polluted air in Alaska highlight the cost of lax pollution rules and urge stronger conservation nationwide.
The Springfield Union notes Ted Kennedy faces a sharp choice in California as his ally John Tunney runs for the Senate and Jesse Unruh weighs a run for governor. Kennedy may back Tunney or stay neutral, testing the notion of the so called natural politician amid friend and ally dynamics.
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