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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington, Vermont.
An editorial argues that public education has improved over 10 to 15 years while private enrollments rise due to prosperity. It notes Ivy League shifts toward public school admits, cites Boston Latin decline and Bronx Science as exceptions, and concludes conservatives overstate a looming public school collapse.
Editorial notes condemn state officials for confusing talks on highway plans in Vermont. The piece cites a 1966 28.9 million bond as for planning and rights of way, not four lane rebuilding, while officials dispute whether funds were enough. It calls for clearer communication and a balanced budget with modest tax hikes.
A Boston columnist argues the draft resistance and civil disobedience raise a core question of political authority versus individual conscience. Tracing ideas from church-state history to Thoreau Gandhi and King, the piece warns selective disobedience can erode law, invite violence, and invite vigilantism, urging thoughtful limits and societal consequences.
In Landgrove a month ago claims that government consolidation cuts taxes were exposed as false. The column cites Gov Hoff’s land tax reform plan positing a $5 rate, arguing it shifts burdens from rich towns to poorer ones, risking centralization and weakened communities.
Letter writers attack Alan Sophria's What Killed the Young? column claiming the draft drives boys to Vietnam while college attendees turn to drugs. They warn of ideological dope pushers in education and cite a Springfield Vermont deserter, Richard Perrin. A second letter laments a holiday decor controversy and urges House Bill 422 to curb pornography, urging citizen support before a Jan. 24 deadline. A final note recounts a boy’s failing report card joke.
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