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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. It serves as the local newspaper for Bennington and surrounding areas with news updates, community notices, and advertising.
A critical view of allocating 223 million for the supersonic transport a project seen as non essential when the Pentagon spends far more in Vietnam and Congress seeks 6 billion in cuts. The piece highlights sonic booms in populated areas and questions national competitiveness, fiscal responsibility, and support for social programs.
Editor notes defend Gov Hoff program bringing 200 Harlem youths to Vermont for joint activities to ease racial tensions. The piece urges open minds and describes anticipated milestones in state projects from highway construction to educational TV, and notes Bennington’s airport growth and eventual demand for larger air service.
Richard C. Jackson and 18 property owners on Squaw Hill Road accuse selectmen of breaking a promise to notify residents before landfill work begins and question site choices while urging scrutiny of alternatives. A second letter from Selma Jane Stuchel questions racial labeling in editorials, advocating treating people as individuals.
An opinion piece argues gun control is ineffective, cites Kennedy’s assassination in California, and FBI data on gun-caused murders. It advocates banning certain Supreme Court decisions, urges federal limits on shipping firearms, and asserts constitutionally protected firearm rights amid rising unrest.
U.S. Congressman Robert T. Stafford reports support for a 10 percent surtax and a $6 billion spending reduction aimed at stabilizing the economy and dampening inflation. He favors cutting defense and foreign aid, criticizes pork-barrel projects, and urges targeted funding for education housing and job training. He condemns Kennedy’s assassination and advocates gun control, while praising recent House actions on eight major appropriations, law enactments, and accessibility improvements for the handicapped.
A hillbilly rests in shade as his wife launders by hand for neighbors in extreme heat. A passerby comments on the long work, Lem replies with a jab about her education. In Parade humor, two safari travelers face a leopard joke about furriers.
President Johnson asked Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen to be ready for a quick trip to Paris to show bipartisan support for U S negotiators Harriman and Vance at the Vietnam peace talks. The move aims to bolster administration aims while North Vietnamese negotiators weigh their private and public positions.
A rainy day wander through a bog near Searsburg describes the landscape plants and wildlife, the peat formation and old peat burning, and concerns for conservation. The author criticizes highway tree destruction and calls for protection of Vermont’s woods, concluding with Independence Day reflections.
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