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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 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.
A Bennington Banner editorial notes a new New England Division Army Engineers head and recalls plans for a flood wall along Roaring Branch near County Street and Mt. Anthony High School. Project funds were approved last December, but plans and engineers have vanished. The piece urges local officials to press the Army Engineers to act before a flood strikes, referencing 1927 and 1938 storms as unpleasant reminders.
At yesterday's Vermont Highway Board meeting the North Bennington spur was shelved amid opposition. Bennington residents may gain beltline priority as highway officials consider road-reordering in Montpelier. Vermont's new highway commissioner John Gray attended to hear local sentiment and acknowledge concerns. Local legislators including Rep. Joseph Caracciola are poised to push for better southwestern Vermont roads, needing ongoing public support.
From Manchester comes good news of a daytime home for children whose mothers work. The Child Development Center Inc deposits on a house to operate a day care center, addressing scarce Vermont supply and boosting community welfare, maternal peace of mind, and economic stability.
In a humorous spoof, Soviet and American spies suspect sneezes aboard Apollo 7 as a space age prank. Comrade officers debate if the blips signal a cold or a propaganda stunt, noting cosmonauts carry chicken soup and vaccines to blunt germs.
At the ninth annual UPI editors conference in Washington the three presidential contenders faced questions and applause. Nixon answered with questions and a near standstill stance on bombing, while Humphrey delivered a 50 minute foreign policy address and urged a cautious bombing halt with verified good faith. Wallace, flanked by Gen. LeMay, argued for local control and peace through strength, drawing courteous but limited reaction from editors.
North Bennington notes Chelsea House's new edition of the 1897 Sears Roebuck Catalogue with added essays by S. J. Perelman and Richard Revere. The 700 page history chronicles fashion, gadgets, and attitudes of the era, from iron corsets to wigs and carriages, priced at 14.95 in today’s edition.
A reader cites prewar and 1960s remarks about George Wallace, alleging mental disability claims and warnings about his views on law and order. The letter compares Wallace to Hitler and urges Shaftsbury readers to fear his platform and what it could mean for the United States.
Barbara Kolodkin of Lanesboro Mass writes to The Banner praising the MacLeish panel at Williams College on October 9 for its dialogue between students and a renowned figure. She notes undergraduates and professors shaped the discussion including a Califormia student’s dilemma about liberal arts versus societal demands and cautions that MacLeish quoted Wallace about dissent.
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