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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
President John E Sawyer of Williams College condemns attempts to curtail free expression on campuses as a new form of McCarthyism. He cites disruptions at ceremonies with Mrs Lyndon B Johnson and a CIA recruiter, urging orderly discussion to preserve academic life. The piece highlights campus protests and Vermont Foster Grandparents program as broader context of social activism.
More than $33,000 in unrestricted scholarship funding was raised and distributed this year by 11 Dollars for Scholars chapters in Vermont. The program benefits 130 students pursuing post high school studies and relies on citizen support from chapters in Burlington South Burlington Vergennes Essex Junction and other towns Eds note argues for free speech and continued anti poverty funding and endorses community backed Dollars for Scholars as vital to democracy and the nation՚s future.
King Hussein of Jordan heads to Washington amid stalled peace hopes and new U S arms talks. He seeks U S backing in renegotiating Arab relations with Israel, aided by De Gaulle’s assurance and France’s arms embargo history. The trip follows EU discussions and UN talks, with U S military aid plans limited to replacement parts and unresolved F 104 fighter aircraft sales.
A wide excerpt traces US and Arab positions on Middle East peace, war rhetoric, and regional power moves. It cites Reagan in Des Moines criticizing antiwar dissent, discusses arms sales to Iran and Pakistan, and outlines Hussein’s possible demands for Israel to restore territories. It notes Eshkol’s stance and the potential Soviet Military support to Jordan, framing a complex regional puzzle.
John Chamberlain argues that campus protests and union boycotts infringe civil liberties and threaten national cohesion. He cites Yale, Princeton, Oberlin, and nuclear policy to warn that selective action by individuals or groups erodes rights and may imperil the country’s future.
A reader denounces Johnson over Vietnam escalation and urges defeat in 1968. The piece quotes James Reston and a satirical interview about Democratic unity, war aims, casualties, and party loyalty, ending with the claim that Johnson dumped the writer, not the other way around.
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