United States Faces Conscription Clash Over Vietnam War
The article argues the U S aims to be global peacekeeper like Britain but notes Britain used volunteers, while the United States would need a large conscript army. It discusses the moral and political fallout, the dangers of drafting, and the threat to national morale as the country confronts compulsory service amid the Vietnam conflict.
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Vietnam
United States
Britain
Great Britain
Johnson
British Isles
Mr. Johnson
France
Prussia
Japan
Roosevelt
Wasteful Century Reflections on Waste, Plastics and Cleaning Habits
A thoughtful commentary on 20th century excesses argues that affluence bred waste and clutter from packaging to detergents. It contrasts mass production with consumer habits, laments polluted waterways, oversized garbage pails, and the washing of everything while people go without, suggesting a need for solutions even a computer could manage.
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America
Bennington Banner Publication Details
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corp at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
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The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Bennington Eyes All-Out Spring Junk Car Clean-Up
Editorial urges Bennington town leaders to deploy a private car crusher to collect defunct autos from lawns ditches and backyards and haul them to Everett Mass for scrap. Encourages cooperation from property owners civic groups and nearby Shaftsbury Pownal and Woodford to reduce junk heaps this spring and beyond.
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Bennington
Boy Scouts
Vermont
Everett
Mass
Selectmen
Shaftsbury
Pownal
Woodford
Bennington notes on Joe Caraccola stand closing and local politics
The editors mourn the closing of Joe Caraccola’s open air produce stand on US Route 7 and predict summer without fresh fruit and vegetables. They also announce Sen Allan Angney will not seek re election and praise his seven years in the Vermont legislature. Highway traffic rises and talks of new roads continue despite promised 1967 upgrades. Mt Anthony Union High School gains new leadership with William Castle as chairman and David Adler as vice chairman, promising many headaches but for a good cause.
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Joe
Allan Angney
Arlington
Bennington County
Highway Department
Vermont
U.S. 7
Vt. 9
William Castle
Shaftsbury
David Adler
Pownal
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Harry Truman
Johnson
Truman
Mr. Johnson
Kennedy
Green Peak conservation note to National Gypsum Co
A Manchester resident protests National Gypsum Co plans for Green Peak Mountain in Dorset. He urges preservation of the area noted for ferns wildflowers and a bat cave used by Middlebury College researcher Dr. Harold Hitchcock. Readers are asked to write to company chairman Colon Brown and Manchester resident Mrs. John S. McCormick Jr. to express opinions.
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National Gypsum Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Green Peak Mountain
Dorset
Manchester
Harold Hitchcock
Middlebury College
Green Peak
Colon Brown
Gold Bond Building
John S. McCormick Jr
Jaycees Thank You and Chapter Notice
ROD CLARKE of Vergennes thanks readers for cooperation with Jaycee chapters in the area. He references a March 18 Banner article about the Wilmington area chapter and notes the national Jaycees name change from Junior Chamber of Commerce to United States Jaycees. He points out no official link to chambers of commerce.
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Jaycee
Wilmington
Vermont
Jaycees
Deerfield Valley
Junior Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Jaycees
Chambers of Commerce
The
Letters America's Trade Policies Help Enemy in Vietnam
Garrett Kaufman of Dorset protests U.S. trade with Communist states that aid North Vietnam. He cites 1967–68 exports to Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary the USSR and East Germany and ambassador Gronouski's Polish dealings as worsening U.S. war efforts. He urges austerity and an end to such exports to boost morale and reduce American casualties.
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America
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Europe
Ho Chi Minh
Bulgaria
Czecho- Slovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Moscow
CRV
North Vietnam
Czechoslovakia
John Gronouski
Warsaw
United States
Ambassador Gronouski
Chicago Tribune
Stettin Harbor
Stettin
Mayor Lindsay urges study of government service at USC
The New York mayor tells University of Southern California students that government is the proper channel for major policy changes from banning the bomb to legalizing marijuana and ending the draft. He questions the idea of leaving such roles to private enterprise and stresses government service as public duty.
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John V. Lindsay
New York
University of Southern California
Johnsoned Chances Loom Over Nomination Dueling Views
Lyndon Johnson faces a conditional path to renomination tied to war progress and peace talks. The piece weighs Johnson's leverage against Kennedy and McCarthy, notes Truman's view, and cites factors like Giap and Ho Chi Minh shaping outcomes. It also includes a Washington's Birthday anecdote reflecting truth and consequence.
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Nixon
McCarthy
Kennedy
L.B.J
Herbert Hoover
Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy
Bobby
Ho Chi Minh
Vo Nguyen Giap
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Rome
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Lyndon Johnson
Dean Rusk
Elizabeth Dwyer
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Rod Clarke
Vergennes
Minneapolis
Garrett Kaufman
LBJ
By Max Lerner
Boston
Henry Wallace
Eisenhower
Washington
George Washington
Lynn Watt
Burlington Free Press
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