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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1968
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 critiques a proposed Rockefeller Reagan dream ticket as a misleading unity within the Republican Party. It contrasts Rockefeller’s liberal stances on poverty, civil rights, and national policy with Reagan’s conservative positions on Vietnam and morality. It questions the practical viability of their pairing and the stability of succession should Rockefeller be incapacitated.
Editor notes praise MATHS production of West Side Story as a high school milestone with skilled cast, top notch orchestra, and strong staging. The piece also urges civic action on local budget debates, traffic improvements for Bennington Flats, and notes upcoming graduation season and landfill news.
In a Senate runoff, Jim Allen and Rep. Armistead Selden Jr. attack federal programs and liberals echoing Wallace. The piece notes Sister Hill's retirement after 45 years in Congress and highlights TVA, NIH, and Hill-Burton funding shaping the New South. It contrasts Wallace rhetoric with regional politics in Florida and Georgia, noting Maddox’s stance and Weltner’s return bid amid large Negro-liberal voting blocs.
A Molly Stark School exhibit of Grade 1-6 works by Mrs. Ann Koziol and others fills the multi purpose room with bright color, lively forms, and joyful faces. Most pieces show friendly, smiling mouths and a sense of imaginative discovery.
Byron A. Harrington praises Sam Goldfarb and his book How From a Monkey I Became a Man, noting Goldfarb’s rise from poverty to riches and his charity. The letter urges readers to reject money-itis, support humanitarian acts, and share wealth with the less fortunate. Other readers respond about school buses, Mt Anthony school, teenage generation, and taxes, urging prudent spending and ethics.
A Burlington Free Press item recalls a hopeless golfer who learns self-control after a tough round. His caddy retorts that the man should have tried caddying, highlighting humor in the exchange and the game’s discipline.
Dick West notes 1968 marks 40th anniversary of the yo yo. Hallmark historians say origins lie in the Philippine islands where a thong tied to a stone was hurled at prey and retrievable if missed. The toy spread through Greece England France to the U.S. in the 1920s. He quips that weapons replaced by toys worsened conflicts like Vietnam.
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