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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial argues crisis unites Bennington area as Vermont Highway Department proposes U.S.7 north relocation and a North Bennington spur. Local officials plan a united front at tonight’s hearing, weighing eastern bypass versus western options and a possible enhanced U.S.7 to Manchester within tight 1969 funding.
Citizens gather for tonight s hearing at the Armory to discuss the Bennington to Deer Park section and the North Bennington spur as part of a series of 222 Hearings before necessity hearings and land acquisitions start. Tomorrow Shaftsbury Cole Hall hosts the next segment with Arlington and Sunderland slated for next month.
Metropolitan Opera baritone George London urges Congress to commission a leading poet to write new words for The Battle Hymn of the Republic. He argues for a contemporary, singable hymn free of Civil War references to unite Americans in a shared spiritual rallying point amid division.
John Chamberlain argues Halloween theatrics by Hippies and Yippies like Jerry Rubin boost Wallace support. He compares Rubin’s warlock persona to Salem tales and notes the movement straddles seriousness and performance. He warns prolonged stunt tactics may backfire as more Americans back Wallace.
A lighthearted column riffs on stockbrokers as high class fellows with a joking scene about a broker named Charlie Ogle of Ziegfield & Minsky. The narrator teases market talk, bears, bulls, and a panicked crowd seen from a window before quipping about keeping brokers down at Dow Jones after seeing Francine.
A collection of quotations outlining the moral divide in America over civil rights, white guilt, and the reaction to Martin Luther King’s death, with comments from Prof. Lewis B. Mayhew and others. Also includes views on birth control, contraception, and horticultural practicality from Thelassa Cruso and Dr. Harold J. Lief.
Senator Edmund S. Muskie's cross country tour shows a relaxed, engaging style winning crowds and tentative praise from both parties. He handles hecklers with calm wit, contrasts with Agnew, and reflects on immigrant roots and Maine political rise as he frames a hopeful Democratic path.
A grandmother recalls her grandson humming Medels sohn Spring Song while doing homework. He jokes that television music plays when someone is bopped on the head. A separate item notes a New Hampshire teacher halted by a YIELD sign as a cab driver shouts yield not surrender.
Rummage sales fuel a vast, low overhead economy, redistributing used goods across rural America. Neatness and greed drive amateurs who clear clutter then hunt through others’ castoffs, sometimes turning thrift into communal projects like church carpets or school projectors.
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