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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner critiques the 1960s campaign rhetoric about Vietnam peace. It notes voters may face a choice of leaders who reveal little on settlement terms, with Nixon as a front runner whose stance could alienate moderates or anger hawkish right wingers.
The piece argues Nixonites push to avoid commitments on Vietnam while Humphrey avoids pledges to protect support. It cites Nixonian politics, fears over a National Liberation Front roles in South Vietnam, and a paralyzed public trying to judge candidates on the key issue. It speculates McCarthy and Rockefeller could disrupt party rigidity, else moderates feel alienated as politics fail to offer clear paths.
Editor comments on tax shifts benefiting small property owners, debates bright street lighting in Manchester Village, and jokes about organized crime taking over dim lights. It cites Bennington Battle Day plans, gun crime comparisons between London and New York, and mentions Deane Davis and a Republican Congressional Committee Newsletter.
Bennington readers debate The Banner coverage of the Paradise grievance appeals and the Bennington Taxpayers Association. They question reporting motives, notification fairness, and editorial influence while praising the BTPA’s work and growth prospects.
Karlis Lusis critiques leftist agitation and calls readers to beware Lenin’s useful fools and Communist propaganda in America. He condemns church leaders spreading Marxist ideas and recommends the book Plans of the Radical Left by Alice Widener, urging alert Americans to resist subversion.
A 1968 column mocks Little League’s role in forming major league sluggers while praising the love of the game. It contrasts high scoring, home run hype with pitching duels and notes in Little League every over the fence ball is hunted for, shaping budget and play.
Alma Lutz’s Crusade for Freedom chronicles women in the pre Civil War antislavery struggle. It draws on letters and papers to detail activists such as Prudence Crandall Elizabeth Margaret Chandler Lucretia Mott Abby Kelley Foster Sarah Grimke Angelina Grimke and Lucy Stone while examining internal disputes and attitudes toward Lincoln and emancipation.
The Ban ner wire editor Mr. Gilcher recounts a captain's toast about a gossiping passenger. A grizzled sailor mocks a woman profile, claiming she transformed the promenade deck into a catwalk in ten days.
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