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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1967
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Gov Hoff aims to press legislative call for a 1969 constitutional convention to align the constitution with recent government reorganization. Proposals include reapportionment, annual sessions, and four year terms for governor and officials. Oakes backs a limited convention, boosting prospects despite GOP opposition.
Editor notes Strafford County NH favors the winner in presidential votes since 1892 and recent Banner data suggest LBJ could beat all but Nixon with a tiny Nixon margin. The piece links poll trends to national disenchantment with Johnson and wary optimism about GOP chances.
A regional upsurge in animal cruelty from Manchester to Pownal features a cow shot dead and dogs poisoned or vanished. The Burlington Free Press notes the need for dedicated police to handle animal cruelty while praising Arlington for Red Cross Blood Bank donations. It cites Troy considering a pedestrian mall and Bennington planning downtown malls to boost commerce, arguing malls can revitalize downtowns facing competition from shopping centers.
Washington weighs NATO reform as the Harmel study on a political NATO role advances at the Brussels meeting. The debate centers on Greece’s military regime and U.S. antiballistic missile moves, with Ke nnan’s warnings on allied limits shaping the context. American troop commitments abroad remain a thorn, from Germany to Korea and Vietnam.
Searsburg logs a heavy early snow with 16 inches drifting over roads and backyards. Hunters adapt as bears are bagged on Johnson Hill. The Rice family gathering marks Thanksgiving with Steven Rice’s Coast Guard graduation. A note on GIs abroad and a push for sheltered outdoor skating in Vermont, led by David Fielding’s Manchester rink roof.
The Believers warn against a Communist conspiracy to recruit youth through a spread of “The Resistance” and “Resist” cells. They describe a fragmented, spontaneous movement driven by media influence and peer networks, with SDS and related groups seen as products of contagion rather than centralized planning.
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