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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont. It lists the publisher as Banner Publishing Corporation and provides the standard address for the newspaper.
The attack on the undefended Vietnamese village of De Luc killed and wounded over 100 civilians, blamed on a wrong map coordinate. Critics urge stricter rules on bombing civilian targets and call for using air power only against enemy combatants to win Vietnamese confidence.
Perspective on New York as an ungovernable metropolis, the Beame mayoral bid, and the city’s political machine. The author critiques the Democratic machine, cites the Times editorial, and notes BeameBuckley-Lindsay dynamics amid a costly welfare system and volatile civic soul.
The writer argues against the Vietnam War and conscription, stressing faith, responsibility, and democratic critique. A second letter praises human rights struggles worldwide, invoking God and Christian gospel as universal messages. The remarks reflect ongoing national debate on war, civil rights, and moral duty.
State and party figures weigh Rockefeller Javits push as a test of the vice presidential process. The article notes past conventions favor top-ticket strength, contrasts Kennedy Kefauver and Stevenson dynamics, and hints at implications for Lindsay Nixon and New York delegates in 1968.
The United Mine Workers Journal cites a defense of high speeds and argues against governable limits, saying slower cars would waste time and money, reduce profits, and threaten the idea of planned obsolescence. The piece contrasts safety talk with economic impact and nostalgia for speed.
Editor notes a calm Halloween in Bennington with youths collecting UNICEF pennies, delivering candy, painting for YMCA, and pumpkins carved for a contest. A midnight sky photo of a “witch” over Mt. Anthony is declared a harmless trick, as the flying sorceress is alive but grounded.
Overexposed Barree Montpelier Times Argus notes Dr Richard G Gettell president of Mount Holyoke College faced criticism from the Mount Holyoke News after advising women students that men often view hitchhikers as tramp or tart. Also mentions Shaftsbury and Rutland church moves, BCHS football upset, and college safety concerns.
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