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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece argues George Wallace is not a harmless joke but a rising demagogue. It criticizes his segregationist rhetoric, law and order appeals, and fear tactics, warning his potential to fracture national unity, ignite hate, and threaten democracy. It compares Wallace to Hitler as a cautionary parallel.
Native residents faced long lines of out of state license plates as visitors flooded Vermont to see the leaves. Locals could enjoy autumn color from home while visitors crowded roads and mountains. A child exclaimed the day was so pretty it hurt the stomach.
Inside Washington lack of grass roots enthusiasm unsettles Nixon backers who recall 1948. The piece cites Charley, a longtime Republican, noting central control from New York, cautious aides fearing mistakes and steam loss. It compares 1968 to 1948 with Wallace, labor, farms, and Truman dynamics shaping the race.
Robert P. Hutchins of South Dorset objects to a Banner page one piece on hairnets for drivers calling it senile and irrelevant. He cites decades of female drivers wearing hairnets and condemns the article as an attack on individual lifestyles and a brittle establishment.
In a remark about professional status in sports, Billie Jean King says the country pushes pro standards for all players while noting the tension with amateur tennis. The quote reflects ongoing debates about professionalism in sports and the role of amateur status. Consuelo Bailey, secretary of the Republican National Convention, is mentioned as calling the roll of states in Miami Beach and the Arizona politics remark by Goldwater is noted.
A nostalgic nature column explores Rima from Hudson and spider silk. It notes spiders patching clothing with cocoon threads, their silk strength, uses from cross hairs to potential cloth, and the spider world from tree top webs to pond nests as tiny creatures march through seasonal ballooning.
In Albany, Nixon and Gov. Rockefeller push a coordinated campaign for the Nixon-Agnew ticket and potential Washington posts. Rockefeller has campaigned in unfriendly areas, signaling strong GOP aims to widen congressional and state legislative gains, with party leaders watching a high-stakes balance of power.
The Lighter Side sketches a Hollywood style escape from Congress. A fictional Ohio Republican, played by Paul Newman, plots a breakout amid locked doors and quorum calls. An escape via the halls, with a rescue by Nixon and Agnew, ends with a hug and victory.
Two men lounge on a park bench. One asks about work and proclaims I am a go-getter. The other explains his wife works and all he does is go get her. Parade.
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