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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The editorial argues the GOP white paper largely supports U.S. aims in Vietnam while criticizing Johnson administration tactics. It notes voter weariness and hopes for a repudiation of failure without detailing a path to peace, drawing parallels to Korea and 1952. It cites Eisenhower and Percy as lessons for a Republican stance.
Volunteers and Bennington residents joined a Saturday clean-up that filled dump trucks with beer cans bottles and paper collected along roadsides for a year. The piece urges monthly or seasonal cleanup campaigns and stricter anti littering enforcement to save taxpayer money and preserve the landscape.
The editor notes police chief Bill Fox proposes appointing two lieutenants instead of one assistant chief to expand authority and raise pay for experienced officers. Details of duties remain undecided, but the idea merits careful Police Committee review by trustees. The piece also midsection covers Bennington County growth seen in a larger telephone directory, Main Street trash receptacles, Ray Crosier’s trout sighting, and caution about swimming Vermont lakes this summer.
John Chamberlain argues Ramparts misunderstands innocence in the United States and Western Europe amid Vietnam and Berlin dangers. He cites Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Mao era intrigue, critiques youth naivety, laments leadership, and reflects on World War II heroism and honesty versus modesty.
A veteran reflects on a perilous 1945 mission to Bordeaux to secure supplies for an officer’s club. Despite no medals, he asserts his role kept the Air Corps unit flying, narrating the dawn takeoff, French negotiations, and the successful return with no bottles broken.
A Vermont essay notes the spring return of swallows, contrasts Vermont with California, and questions the persistence of bird migrations as a publicity gimmick. It muses on songs about swallows, uses Capistrano as a lyric cue, and jests about Vermont transit versus birds, ending with a quip on California growth and crowding.
A series of letters praise Hartford Vermont gifts to Bennington and correct a Post Office tax statement. Contributors urge civic cleanliness, reflect on responsibility, and complain about neighbor’s children leaving messes. The writers include Byron A Harrington Msgr Francis B Flanagan and Mrs F T Federico.
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