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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1967
Page
4
Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. It serves as the local newspaper for Bennington and surrounding areas with regular news and notices.
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara testifies before the Senate Preparedness Investigation subcommittee asserting that the bombing of North Vietnam has not reduced the war effort or forced negotiations. He contends the raids raise costs for both sides and will not end the conflict, urging continuation despite limited strategic effect. A separate note urges informatic service panels at Interstate exits to guide gas brand availability, with calls to remove high rise signs as required by law.
In this era the university emerges as a main center of innovation surpassing business firms. The author argues for more student driven governance, expanded cross campus course access within states, and flexible curricula while warning against dormancy and campus tyranny. He cites Stony Brook expansion, Cornell border policy changes, and a vision of a college without walls.
The Old Farmers Almanac 1968 lands with weather caveats set aside and a heap of curious trivia. It recounts 1786 listener tales from New York papers, notes Benjamin Franklin’s 81st birthday, offers household hints, recipes, and verses like Yankee Doodle, Abdul A-Bul-Bul A-Mir, plus odd facts such as Halley’s Comet sighting in 1986.
The piece riffs on betting on the Cardinals, a family joke about Hughes, and Che Guevara’s controversial death. It contrasts romantic revolutionary myth with real poverty and oppression, noting threats to Latin guerrillas exceed a few gun bursts. A Burlington Free Press aside on raises and credit closes.
A UPI satirical note questions Senator Everett Dirksen accepting a Rose Bowl Grand Marshal role in Pasadena amid the marigold campaign. It jokes that his rose support could overshadow the marigold and quotes a critic who warns of flower lobby politics and a possible Marigold Bowl retaliation.
A Berkshire reader lauds Williams College protesters against the Vietnam War and criticizes the Johnson administration. He notes student walkouts during Mrs Johnson’s address and argues for strong opposition to U S policy, praising Williams President Sawyer for enabling peaceful dissent.
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