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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1967
Page
4
A Bennington Banner editorial page at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont outlines current civic concerns and reflects on local governance, public opinion, and community values through analysis and commentary.
The GOP fractures over Vietnam widen beyond Dirksen and Percy as a Republican Policy Committee report questions war premises and partisan use of the issue. Vermont Senator George D. Aiken urges a fresh approach, contrasting modernization with Kennedy-era escalation, offering a path to appeal hawks and doves and possibly win the White House.
A Washington debate questions Secretary Rusk’s claim that U S alliances advance organized peace. The piece argues the Vietnam conflict undermines alliance integrity, isolates the U S from global peace bodies, and labels postwar alliance strategy a booby trap that risks eroding credibility and isolation.
A Vermont columnist argues that modern life breeds waste and ugliness as technology drives growth. The piece condemns lax auto junk disposal, cites a $1.5 million St Petersburg plant that recycles 100 tons daily, and urges taxpayers to fund permanent disposal and reclamation to avert worsening pollution and clutter.
A humorous take on the U S Weather Bureau’s talking automatic meteorological observing system named Tamos. The piece envisions remote readings converted to voice outputs and ponders if machines may gain humanlike traits when reporting weather in places like Flangfar Alaska.
A letter from Ernest W. Gibson III to engineer Richard E. Du Bois urges an independent study of Arlington Water Co water contamination reported by Mrs George Wood. The note cites two years of unresolved issues and seeks an estimated cost before work proceeds.
Alan D. Sophrin and Walter Lippmann critique the war and offer reasonable solutions while urging action in the 1968 election. Rev Dana McLean Greeley argues that containment of communism requires a demonstrably working dynamic democracy.
FRODA GREENBERG, an Eighth Grader at MES, Manchester Center, writes that Eugene V. Kayatta unfairly condemns a citizens school study group which seeks facts and may uncover the missing link to solving Manchester Elementary School troubles amid a contested union junior high proposal.
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