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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Members of the Bennington South Supervisory Union board face calls to fully reveal the Roy expense account probe findings and rationale. Taxpayers fear a widening scandal, warn that withheld details will fuel distrust and harm local schools, urging complete public disclosure to quell rumors and restore confidence.
Editor notes Kennedy's decision not to pursue the Democratic VP nomination, saying it is understandable given circumstances. He may still influence national policy with future speeches. The column also covers Bowmaker's humor, a local chiding incident about a woodchuck, and tax debates in Vermont with Rensselaer County as context.
Readers debate the recent expense account probe and alleged misuse of funds at local schools. Letters question board actions, call for charges, defend fiscal honesty, and urge taxpayer rights and accountability from the Bennington school system and attorney general.
In Lawton Oklahoma Ronald Reagan receives signals that Nixon might not clinch the Republican nomination on the first ballot at Miami Beach. Oklahoma delegates may swing toward Reagan, with Parrish a key observer noting Reagan could gain up to ten of 22 Oklahoma votes if Nixon cannot reassure conservative supporters. Parrish sees large pro-Rockefeller mailings but money backs Reagan in the Southwest as Amarillo discussions note Reagan is real and could be offered the vice presidency to keep the South in Nixon’s camp.
In a Brattleboro Reformer food column Ellen Cronan Rose notes chicken’s versatility can mask its identity. Nelson Rockefeller, while visiting Burlington, calls for new leadership to confront injustices poverty urban decay and foreign policy deterioration.
A country household battles ants all summer with traps, peppers, chalk lines, cucumber peels, and vain philosophy. The exchange with My-Best-Friend-and-Severest-Critic reveals stubborn pests, witty back and forth, and the humor of domestic frustration over tiny invaders.
Johnson faces a policy that limits bombing to the North panhandle while Haiphong port activity surges. Reports show turnaround times shrinking, shipping flows rising, and both Soviet and British vessels increasing traffic to North Vietnam as critics push for broader action before Paris talks and the upcoming campaigns.
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