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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial urges more and better housing for low and middle income families in Vermont. Highlights local efforts in Bennington and statewide programs, noting 31 000 new housing units needed in 10 years and federal legislation aiming to create six million units over a decade with innovative rural, home buying, and nonprofit housing provisions.
Selectmen urge creating a town police force and unifying the town and villages to enforce ordinances on covered garbage trucks and unlicensed dogs. They propose one weekly dump inspection, and note public ire over drag racing on School Street with suggestions ranging from Park Street racing to stock car events around Monument Circle. A local tire dealer rumor offers a trophy for loudest squeal, with a light yellow Firebird favored.
Advertisers found Father’s Day less effective than Mother’s Day with gift sales at less than half the mom holiday total. Phone volume was normal on Father’s Day and greeting card sales lagged, with children spending 25 to 35 cents on mom’s cards but rarely more than 15 cents on dad’s.
In a letter to The Banner Mary Hoth of Bennington objects to dropping the Union from Mt Anthony Union High School. She cites practical concerns and emotional pride from the 1968 Class of MAU, arguing unity would be lost if the name changes despite the MAUSD board restoring Union.
A long letter page features Byron A Harrington praising some doctors and denouncing corrupt lawyers while urging tax reform. He cites Sen Robert Kennedy and Paul Getty, discusses Social Security, tax loopholes, and expectations if Kennedy had lived. Other letters praise the Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association and question school name changes and local governance. Readers comment on probation and gun registration, with local figures cited and calls for fairer taxes for homeowners.
In New York a Nixon backed Senate move to deploy the Sentinel ABM system provokes a Soviet counter call for a missile defense conference. The piece credits a tough stance with edging Moscow toward talks on anti-ballistic missile limits amid U.S. political maneuvering ahead of November. A final anecdote reprints an American Legion Magazine cartoon about a doctor’s ominous note.
An opinion piece credits the Warren Court as an activist force shaping a modern democracy. It highlights Chief Justice Warren and Justice Black, notes a shift from restraint to activism, and contrasts generational perspectives on the court's legacy and bold desegregation, voting rights, and free expression rulings.
In Landgrove a reader questions if there is a crime wave, citing reviews of The Crime War and The Lawbreakers. He notes The Saturday Review praised Cipes while Evans and Moore’s The Lawbreakers challenges that view, urging clearer accountability in media and politics.
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