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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201 with standard newsroom and production operations.
An editorial condemns the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy as a tragedy for the Kennedy family and a symptom of violence undermining democracy. It warns that political violence endangers free elections, heightens security for all candidates, and erodes open political discourse across the nation. The piece urges reflection on gun proliferation and public violence to prevent a breakdown of democratic processes.
Editor condemns hoax bomb scares in schools disrupting schedules and urges firmer action. Notes GOP candidate Buckley on a Negro veteran college fund, Hoff plan to move ghetto teens to Vermont, and a real estate developer uncovering graves of Bennington’s early settlers as Vermont faces change and growth.
Readers react to Mt Anthony Union High School's production of West Side Story praising its maturation value and group unity. Others critique off premise gasoline signs on the Interstate and decry immigration policies, with letters addressing public notices, library resolutions, and a Memorial Day assembly at Mt Anthony.
In this 1960s political analysis from New York, the decline of Rockefeller influence within the Republican Party is traced from Nixon's 1960 dealings to Rockfeller-Reagan dynamics in 1968. The piece argues conservatives grew in power, liberalism waned, and a Rockefeller Reagan ticket is unlikely, with shifts favoring Western and Southern conservatives over the Northeast. It notes Nixon's delegate strength and Reagan's rising conservative base, plus a humor fragment about maternity clothes and a paternity suit.
A columnist argues space exploration may be diverted to waste disposal. He envisions giant rockets hauling Earth’s trash to lava beds on the moon, freeing land and reducing pollution while noting overconsumption and hunger on Earth.
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