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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
As Vietnam peace preliminaries proceed, Humphrey urges peaceful bridges to mainland China and suggests the United States may eventually relax the embargo and pursue trade and diplomacy. Johnson and Mansfield have backed talks, signaling a broader policy shift likely to influence the next administration.
The editor teases Bobby Kennedy’s campaign tactics including Ethel Kennedy’s pregnancy as a provocative ploy. It envisions pundits’ reactions and mock accusations while mentioning the Kennedy clan and other candidates. Also promotes Bennington Free Library and Mayfest arts at the new high school auditorium.
A sequence of letters covers criticism of a caucus, defense of Martin Luther King and his gospel, and debates on race and policy. Contributors include Ronald Sinclair, William Hunsicker, Rev. William Abernethy, Lt. John J. Byron, and J. Frank Baxter. The letters discuss nonviolence, justice, federal oversight, Vermont attitudes, and fears about demographic changes and public costs.
The Indiana results reveal Wallace strongest in Gary and northern industrial counties with 45 percent of the Democratic vote there and Negro voters backing him heavily. Kennedy fares weaker in southern Indiana, while Nixon gains a safe center image as the race moves toward Nebraska and Oregon. Humphrey waits for party bosses to favor him, like in a Wonderland caucus race where all candidates win in Indiana.
A veteran angler reflects on opening day crowds and fishing pressure on the Battenkill and other streams. He argues crowding has trained trout to ignore bait and discusses differences between brook and brown trout, noting British methods versus North American conditions and urging conservation over dollars.
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