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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues New Hampshire’s presidential primary will reveal fractures in Nixon Rockefeller and McCarthy camps. Notes Rockefeller write-in momentum could signal Nixon weakness, while a strong McCarthy showing would boost opposition to Vietnam policy and aid future primaries. Emphasizes potential impact on national conventions and policy.
The legislature backs the Riehle sign control bill to curb roadside advertising despite concessions. The measure, likely to pass the Senate and gain the governor’s signature, starts Windham and Windsor counties for a year before statewide enforcement July 1, 1969, with existing signs allowed five years to amortize. The note urges broad citizen input in Bennington’s new town water commission and cites vocational training at Mt. Anthony Union High School as essential for youth careers.
The piece argues the Montpelier legislature reflects 180 individual actors under diverse pressures rather than a magic ideal of perfect representation. It warns that faith in a flawless system blinds scrutiny of who is elected and calls for electing high quality people to improve governance.
President Johnson moves toward public backing of a guaranteed minimum income for every family. He steers the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders to include the idea in its major recommendations, aiming to broaden support and spur a national debate on poverty and race in the capital. The plan envisions annual incomes to $3,000 for needy families, costing an estimated $11 to $25 billion annually, with pilots in several U.S. cities.
Although Democratic Senate leaders dislike it, a Senate vote on a watered-down guaranteed annual income could come later this month. Sen Harris, a Finance Committee member, weighs attaching the idea to the administration’s excise tax extension bill after discussions about the measure.
A columnist riffs on language and the fault lines of world politics from accents to the Korean War and Vietnam. He parallels U S versus communist blocs, cites the United Nations, and recalls a librarian anecdote about judging Korea. He ends with a playful jab imag in g Jimmy Durante quipping at Sir Laurence Olivier.
New York Governor Rockefeller is urged by draft groups across the country as Republican leaders and delegates to the national convention are urged to nominate him. In Denver a committee organized in January promotes Rockefeller and aims to show party leaders that the people want him. Rep. Floyd Haskell says two of his daughters active in student groups support the drive. Rockefeller has said he would accept the nomination if drafted, but has not sought official approval. Nixon criticizes the backdoor draft strategy.
In a Parade humor column Wells Diller notes a couple just married in the neighborhood. The husband teases about their morning kiss with a joke that he has not even met her yet, recalling a World War II era sentiment.
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