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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Poor People’s March in Washington shines a spotlight on poverty affecting nearly 30 million in a nation of wealth. It challenges Congress and the public to adopt humane, flexible policies to lift the hungry homeless and unemployed into the mainstream and break the poverty cycle.
Editor notes urge Bennington to view the master plan as a growth guide not a guarantee of federal funding. Officials should approve actions but avoid treating the plan as a shelf to prove eligibility for grants. Also reports Sal Santarcangelo and Jim Lounsbury eyeing county seats while Democrats stay unusually quiet amid GOP campaign chatter.
The speech urges minimum standards of employment housing nutrition income and dignity for the poor. It criticizes Congress for prioritizing weapons and distant wars over domestic needs and warns that inaction could worsen urban and rural poverty.
Hubert Humphrey launches a 1968 bid aimed at Chicago with hopes of securing the Democratic nomination. He promotes experience at 57, courting labor, delegates, and big money backers while maintaining a populist image and lingering liberal roots from prior fights for civil rights.
A Vermont mountaintop diary blends seasonal gardening notes with a meditation on Memorial Day. The author recalls World War I memories from Koblenz and links wartime sacrifice to the meaning of freedom, urging readers to honor veterans beyond parade pageantry while noting spring’s domestic toil and a swallows versus bluebirds caper.
A reflective essay discusses gun control, culture, and crime. It notes limits of laws, cites Dodd on mail order sales, compares Swiss militia use to murder rates, and advocates voluntary security measures. Project Secure unites manufacturers and associations to remove firearms and blunt tools from displays during riots and promote store safeguards.
Letter to The Banner from Mrs Josephine Reynolds of 314 North Bennington Rd, Bennington, urging action on Vt 67A traffic increased by a new shopping center. She describes dangerous pedestrian conditions without sidewalks, a crossing policeman, a high speed pass by a car, and asks shoppers to drive slowly and watch for pedestrians.
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