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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. The notice lists the publisher and address for this regional newspaper.
An opinion piece praises Chief Justice Earl Warren and the Warren Court for expanding civil rights and individual liberties over 15 years. It notes Warren’s moderate Republican background, living Constitution approach, and controversial yet transformative rulings on school segregation housing discrimination voting equity and welfare protections.
Kathleen H Polak urges stronger firearms laws and licenses in the nation. She argues mail sales should end, purchase licenses required per weapon, and bans on war weapons. She cites moral decline, urges reduced violence, and criticizes the NRA while defending rational policy measures.
The Supreme Court issues a landmark ruling that bars racial discrimination in all property sales and rentals, applying equally to private individuals and large landlords. It strengthens civil rights principles rooted in 1866 and 1968 acts, though it lacks damages or federal enforcement mechanisms.
A Washington observer details a humorous Smithsonian halibut acquisition by Senator Warren Magnuson. The piece notes a West Coast specimen gifted to the museum, once exhibited at Seattle’s World Fair, and humorously compares halibut eye placement to Picasso style while counting ear bone rings to age.
The author shares reflections on butterflies and moths, describing color variety and behaviors from orange and yellow wings to tiger moths and hummingbird moths. He notes monarch migration, wintering in Africa, and a European butterfly reaching Iceland, then offers anecdotes about public perception, a daffodil misidentification on TV, a Catskills butterfly sighting, and a long practiced caution about language.
Harvard's Samuel Eliot Morison defends American history against charges of imperialist racism. He cites France and Britain for similar biases, lauds U S tolerance of minorities, and urges rejecting half baked sociological theories. He notes Hawaii Puerto Rico and the Philippines as examples of U S statehood and independence, while urging faster race-relations progress. The piece ends with a short anecdote from Family Weekly about love and persistence.
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