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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
In an election year climate, the elderly face stagnant pensions despite a booming economy and rising living costs. Johnson proposed a 10 percent Social Security rise, Nixon trimmed to 7 percent but kept higher Social Security taxes. Mills plans to delay any increase for a year, pushing relief to 1970. Critics argue welfare reform tying is unnecessary and the elderly deserve immediate action.
Navy Secretary John H. Chafee overruled a Court of Inquiry on the Pueblo affair, avoiding court martial while avoiding full accountability in a criticism of Navy tradition. The piece argues the inquiry ignored key higher-up responsibilities and withheld testimony, leaving the case as a managed, politically safe end.
A collection of lines reflecting on attention, inequality, education, and civil disobedience. Figures cited include Arnold J. Toynbee James A. Pike Pete O Neal Thoreau and Sidney Hook, discussing whether individuals should comply with or oppose laws for moral reasons.
Russell Baker imagines a far future evacuation of Vietnam where Americans relocate assets with humor and irony. Movers wrestle bulky keepsakes while diplomats wrestle memory, as crates hold artifacts from Hanoi and the embassy.
A trucker at a diner orders a hamburger pie and coffee. Three Hell's Angels grab the items, but the man pays and leaves after he backs over three motorcycles, proving he was more than a startup biker. Frank Rhoades reports from the San Diego Union Tribune.
Vermont may lose its Office of State Technical Services funding as federal budget cuts threaten to end a two year program that educates and counsels nearly 1000 manufacturers. Director David Emery cites job growth, tax impact, and engineered problem solving as benefits, urging restoration.
A future commencement speech argues the world you enter demands change or death. It notes violence fails, civil disobedience requires consequence, and protests may rise if Nixon stalls reform. It credits 60s activists King and Kennedy and credits students with reshaping foreign policy and national service.
A reflective piece observes swallows over Vermont ponds and rivers, praising their flight, design, and beauty. The author describes barn swallows at a garage, tree swallows nesting in a pole box, cliff swallows by a neighbor’s barn, and martins farther down. He notes three-sided nesting behavior, feeding feats, and the joy of fishing near these birds as mayflies hatch.
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