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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial warns that Peru’s coup foreshadows broader regional drift toward military regimes. It argues elected governments in Brazil Argentina Bolivia Paraguay face collapse under military control while Colombia and Venezuela hover on thin ice. Castro’s Cuba offers only slim consolation amid worsening poverty and inequality.
In a Vermont setting at the Republican headquarters a window view reveals America changing through cars, families, trailers, and evolving fashion. The writer recalls a 1967 debt dispute with J&P, detailing misapplied payments, photocopied checks, and a call to remove her name from mailing lists, ending with a shrug at lingering habits.
Editor notes urge joint meetings of town and village leaders to solve shared problems. Vermont Highway Department tours Shaftsbury tonight for a U S 7 hearing at Cole Hall at 7 30 referencing maps, and Bennington schools report over 2.8 million annual budget with 200 staff, much of which funds local salaries and services.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson, cited in Life Magazine, offers sharp assessments of FDR Truman Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson. He argues FDR failed to act early against Hitler, Truman provoked the Cold War, Eisenhower sought prestige over policy, Kennedy hid insecurity, and Johnson relied on generals for Vietnam.
A Brandeis University president Abel Abram Sachar era shifts to Morris Abram amid a demanding role for modern college leaders. The piece frames presidents as besieged civic architects, juggling faculty, students, alumni, trustees, legislators, and press while shaping a new value system. It compares international contexts and emphasizes the need for flexible, strong leadership to guide campuses and communities.
Readers critique Humphrey Johnson bombing policy and peace rhetoric, debating evidence of enemy willingness and political maneuvering. The letter by John L. Fisher argues the latest appeal is a late hour bid for peace-minded votes. Esther Sorrell reflects on Nixon Agnew versus Humphrey Muskie versus Wallace LeMay as voters weigh next leadership in November.
The piece notes backlash to the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 and a clause allowing land-use exceptions for highways through parks and refuges. It highlights a San Antonio Breckinridge Park route with four conditions and questions the real impact on parks nationwide, plus details on displaced families under federal aid. It also contrasts Vermont's Route 7 with the broader national program.
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