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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1970
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece cites President Nixon condemning violence and questions where it begins while Vice President Agnew frames it as a law and order issue. It argues White House actions and war decisions lack legal legitimacy, urges full investigation and accountability, and reflects on broader political responsibility beyond the campus tragedy.
The piece argues that ongoing war in Southeast Asia fuels domestic turmoil and protests. It urges adherence to nonviolent, system-based action to end the war, warning that violent measures create further tragedy and power-driven reactions. It emphasizes redeeming the administration’s pledge of peace as essential for national peace.
Readers are urged to express views to their national lawmakers to influence policy on the war abroad and domestic repression. It cites Sen. George D. Aiken, Sen. Winston L. Prouty, and Rep. Robert T. Stafford as contacts in Washington for arranging communications.
Editor notes that Vermont readers may have a CU board representative among 12 nominees for six elected by members. Among candidates are Faith Prior, Ralph Nader, Bess Myerson Grant, and Esther Peterson. Directors to be announced in October. Rep Rogers Morton column prints GOP line on Nixon Cambodia policy.
A letter to The Banner urges unity amid a May 19 bond vote for a new Pownal Elementary School. It questions where children will attend in September and asks the state for an extension on double sessions. The writer accuses a town faction of spreading false tax fears and seeks to preserve community unity despite debate.
A Glendale reader urges Harvey D. Carter Jr. to act, warning that Nixon’s Family Assistance Plan could raise taxes and boost welfare rolls by about $10 billion. The writer predicts millions will quit work to become welfare dependents and asks readers to contact their congressman.
Readers clash over Sunday sales rules and state costs while letters from Vermont residents urge action on shop openings and a political shift. Contributors praise community unity in Pownal and question war and education policy amid national headlines.
A columnist recalls the Daughters of the American Revolution at their 79th Continental Congress in Constitution Hall. He mocks their stance on foreigners, the UN, the Peace Corps, censorship, and Earth Day protests, noting clashes over environment and politics with notable names and references.
In a Burlington Free Press opinion excerpt President Nixon is praised for facing his constitutional duty as commander in chief to protect about 400,000 U S troops in Vietnam. The piece notes his measured move to support South Vietnam against sanctuary flows near Cambodia and his pledge to withdraw more troops. George Wallace comments on bureaucrats as well, while the Hartford Courant lampoons court order control with burlesque humor.
The piece riffs on Sarah Cleghorn by expanding her quatrain on child labor to critique campus unrest. It imagines the campus near a mill and contrasts daily youth play with brutal law and calls for peace, crediting Gerald Raftery.
The piece argues Nixon used a Cambodia South Vietnam aid flank to halt Vietcong and outflank Moscow strategy. It contrasts Sen. Aiken and doves with Nixon's restraint, citing Guam Doctrine and Inchon echoes. It notes possible critic doubt and Cheney reference to Whittaker Chambers.
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