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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner announces its publishing schedule noting daily editions except Sundays and holidays. The statement references F the Banner Publishing Corporation and lists 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201 as the address of record.
Yale President Kingman Brewster urged Kennedy and Mansfield to accept a House reform bill on Selective Service, proposing a compromise to move the expiration date to January 1, 1971. The plan aims to force renewed action next year and advance partial reforms, addressing inequities and evasion in the draft system.
A national issue sees Rep. Gerald R. Ford threaten impeachment if the Senate blocks Judge Clement Haynsworth for the Supreme Court. In Vermont, Gov. Deane C. Davis aides hint GOP figures should attend a Veterans Day event to show support. The piece condemns threats and political coercion as a danger to freedom and decency.
Editorial notes welcome the Vermont Legislature’s move to approve 200000 toward a 1 million program creating statewide day care centers run by Bennington Child Care Inc. The center’s success stands as a model for aiding working mothers and fighting poverty. The royal family’s finances are mocked as precarious for a 1 million dollar annual income, joking about selling assets to pay staff.
The piece examines President Nixon's handling of Vietnam history in a pre election speech. It argues Nixon downplays earlier evidence and portrays the war as North Vietnamese aggression. It notes discrepancies about 1954 versus 1955 56 events, refugee figures, and the implications for peace and Vietnamization.
New York politics swirl around Mayor Lindsay pressing for a major role in the 1970 Republican state ticket. He wants Gov. Rockefeller to dump Lt. Gov. Wilson or risk a split, as Wilson backs Marchi and Lindsay allies back Lefkowitz Javits and Goodell. The outcome hinges on balancing liberal and conservative forces amid post-election readjustments.
The article surveys bird migration as days shorten, noting routes as vast sky highways and birds moving from swallows to flickers and hummingbirds. It covers migration science, banding data, surprising long distances, and historical context linking birds to Columbus, with questions about why species migrate.
John Chamberlain argues Averell Harriman misreads Communist danger and underestimates massacres tied to withdrawals. He recalls Harriman’s WWII warnings and later critiques of Laos and South Vietnam policy, contrasting with risks of a domino effect and postwar bloodshed under Communist regimes.
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