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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece contends that Nov 5 results did not produce a conservative manifesto. It cites New York Times analysis, noting a more liberal Congress with few GOP gains and new members often more liberal than their predecessors. It also discusses public discontent with Vietnam and inflation, yet continued belief in liberal principles, urging local action on housing through groups like HOME and Hoosick Falls efforts. It highlights foster home needs in Vermont and promotes home-based care to aid children and families.
A flood of letters to The Banner from readers in Bennington and surrounding towns advocate George Sleeman for superintendent of the Bennington School District. Supporters praise his leadership, availability to students and parents, and long service in the district, urging the school board to appoint him rather than hire an outsider.
A humorous essay muses on too many closets in modern homes and the impracticality of storing every possession. The author contrasts 19th century sparsity with today’s abundance, jokes about 69 White House closets, and imagines a single room entirely lined with storage to contain miscellaneous items.
The article argues Nixon has a genuine mandate despite a narrow popular vote gap with Wallace. it cites party dynamics, liberal versus conservative alignments, Congress composition, and domestic power to support the claim. It frames the 1960 Kennedy comparison as a baseline and contrasts current political conditions.
A humorous totem of 1968 record industry anxiety imagines how to revive Silent Night with new genres from country to yodeling. The piece riffs on executives debating novelty versions while noting industry fatigue and a looming creative brink.
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