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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
Bennington’s town and village governments transfer several services to a townwide administration including sewers recreation and trees as momentum grows for full consolidation. A unification article may be placed in the town warning with broad support from boards to push a vote before year’s end 1968.
The piece argues for a three full time listers board with salaries and annual public property assessments, cites Herb Leonard and the Bennington Y drive toward a recreation center, notes dangers from four hydrogen bombs lost after a B 52 crash near Greenland, and urges nuclear tension reduction to avoid a global catastrophe.
Washington observers weigh Kennedy realism in 1972 race as Bobby Kennedy faces pressure from supporters and critics alike. The piece outlines Kennedy’s likely responses to Johnson’s strategy, McCarthy’s stagnation, and the evolving Democratic landscape while predicting Johnson’s likely re election in November.
Bennington residents, led by local children, push a Bennington Park Fund toward a state and national match. Citing a dream of coins turned into funds, supporters seek donations or pledges to expand a park for playing fields, picnics, and outdoor recreation this summer.
The piece argues that Castroites target urban areas after assassinations in Guatemala, noting the rise of urban guerrillas in U.S. slums and Latin American cities. It contrasts Che Guevara’s mountain strategy with the new urban pattern, citing Fidel Castro and Cuban lessons as shaping the change. It highlights the danger to governments as cities become the frontline for revolutionary violence.
Letter writers blast a multi million dollar highway misstep and governor's northern dominion, urging trust in state leadership. A Bennington reader praises Jan 22 editorial on Vietnam War critique and national unrest. Guatemala and Cuba tensions are surveyed with regional guerrilla movements and U.S. risk noted.
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