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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 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.
Senator Eugene McCarthy challenges Johnson on Vietnam, inspiring Robert Kennedy to join the presidential race and Vermont Governor Philip Hoff to defect to Kennedy. Hoff cites unsteady escalation in Vietnam and domestic neglect, risking his political future to back a Democratic alternative. The move signals a potential reshaping of party loyalties and a new spirit of conscience over ambition.
Bennington County seeks solid representation as the state Highway Board forms under new road plans this winter. Governor Hoff appoints Rep. H. James Wallace to protect county interests and ensure cost estimates and promises hold. The weekend marked Bennington Legion Post’s 50th anniversary and mortgage burning at the local hall. Burr and Burton Seminary in Manchester advances renovation of St Paul’s Church into a practical arts center to support industrial arts and home economics while aligning with state standards.
Fischetti schools with similar problems add required items to its curriculum. The improvements will satisfy state requirements and better serve the community. Meanwhile the sale of the former A H Winslow store on West Main Street drew hundreds of buyers.
The House passes H 301 funding for a Soldiers' Home with federal support, and approves the Miller formula for education aid in a tight Senate race. A constitutional convention is debated and defeated, bills on animal cruelty and skimobiles rear, and a capital-building plan stalls. The session ends with a budget fix and a looming May special session in Montpelier.
This nostalgic piece recalls the first day of spring in Vermont with birds and newts by a pond, a 62 degree sunlit day, and memories of mud season adventures. It contrasts past road-hunting for a home on Searsburg Mountain with modern shopping gimmicks and future supermarket visions.
The piece argues US policy since World War II is outdated amid rapid East European and Middle East shifts. It cites Greece’s World Bank loan, Khrushchev era tactics, and Vietnam’s drag on diplomacy, urging Washington to adopt flexible, sovereign-state based approaches rather than coercive containment.
A Vermont reader criticizes President Johnson and party leaders over Vietnam policy and 1968 politics. The letter defends Rep. George Van Santvoord of Bennington for backing Pownal on the Sunday racing bill and laments the lack of a roll call vote while praising his courage and integrity.
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