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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1968
Page
4
A national columnist’s tougher view on Lyndon Johnson questions future historians. The piece argues the core Johnson story remains the Vietnam War, while noting de escalation efforts with the Soviet Union and recent U.S.–Soviet agreements advancing.
The piece argues Lyndon B. Johnson remains a war president due to his long leadership of the Vietnam conflict. It notes potential rapprochement with the Soviet Union and a push for nuclear nonproliferation and arms talks, but asserts the war dominated his tenure and history may judge him thus, despite limited U.S. victory.
Editor notes a heavy Friday storm ends a heat wave and boosts local morale. The YMCA planning committee will prepare architectural plans for a proposed $1 million community recreation center, a long time goal to spur fundraising and engage Benningtonians in contributing. The move signals progress and is expected to energize donors as plans become visible.
New England Magazine previews Vermont's tough antibillboard law praised for its measured approach. The rule bans new signs, removes those five years old or more, and delays removal until 1970, while funding info centers and state advertising space. Support spans tourism and ski/hotel sectors.
New York columnist notes an unpublished account of the Columbia insurrection and likens SDS tactics to Nazi methods. It describes provocations to force police intervention, arson attempts during Hamilton Hall occupation, and accusations against authorities. References Reichstag fire parallels and Goebbels style deception, with radical kidnappings and destruction of research.
Manchester Board of Selectmen express gratitude to the volunteer Fire Department for a dangerous propane fire last Thursday. They laud the firefighters for cool, deliberate action amid risk, praising their magnificent performance on behalf of the community.
Sunderland hosts a noted literary exchange as a 1782 tale of Ethan Allen clashes with a Harvard writer and a 1947 1965 memoir about T S Eliot by Father Levy and Victor Scherle. The forthcoming biography, Affectionately T S Eliot The Story of a Friendship 1947 1965, is from J B Lippincott.
New York Democrats face disaster if infighting continues as Eugene McCarthy supporters break with regulars. State Chairman John Burns struggles to keep peace between McCarthy backers and Humphrey loyalists, amid fears of November losses and a fractured party. Nassau County executive Eugene Nickerson and Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton shift toward McCarthy, while questions rise over Kennedy allies' moves and primary spending.
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