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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1968
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation. Located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201 the paper serves as the region’s local news source.
In a speech to National Security Industry Association members Defense Secretary Clark M Clifford proposes Pentagon mobilization for housing education medical care and unemployment. He argues defense consumes 9 percent of GNP and 4.5 million work there should fund welfare, but critics say social welfare is not Defense’s job and resources should be redirected to domestic programs and war reduction.
Editor notes the surge in school construction costs from Mt Anthony Union High School to Rutland High School. Mt Anthony’s $3 million for 900 students contrasts with Rutland’s $12.2 million for 1800, underscoring delay risks and fiscal stakes, amid remarks on Nixon at a Florida golf course.
Washington report finds many McCarthy supporters, new to politics, disillusioned by his defection and wary of the party's future. Young volunteers feel abandoned as they reassess paths to influence, with some vowing to back statewide liberals while others withdraw from national efforts.
Esther Raushenbush of Sarah Lawrence argues at Marlboro College that small liberal arts colleges remain vital for innovation and educational reform. She cites their ability to experiment, tailor governance, and foster meaningful student teacher relationships as advantages over larger institutions.
Washington report notes many once common skills like buttonhooking ice cream freezer turning and fountain pen filling are fading. Programs exist to retrain but are often inadequate as midlife adaptation proves difficult and pride in old crafts fades.
A writer recalls Maurice Chevalier turning 80 and notes the social limits of aging. He shares Terence McHale’s letter from Flint Michigan about beer keg tricks fading with new technology, where a host’s child outshines the veteran tapsman. He confesses feeling crushed by progress yet offers no consolation.
A Bennington column extols removing overhead wires from Main North and South streets around Putnam Square. It argues undergrounding offers visual calm, safety benefits, energy savings, and urges Vermont to pass laws mandating buried lines, citing local successes and future nuclear-era concerns.
New York report on George Wallace’s Washington address highlights his foreign policy stance and opposition to perceived UN subordination. The piece notes Wallace’s support for NATO, the Monroe Doctrine, Israel’s security, and a Vietnam strategy, but criticizes reporters for focusing on segregation and private schooling while praising his evasive, noncommittal responses to questions on individual rights and federalism.
A hotel guest screeched that tax officials were in the phone book and demanded a refund. The manager and house detective entered the room to wake him, learning he had dreamed the income tax men would send a large refund but had lost his address.
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