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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1969
Page
4
The Bennington Banner outlines daily editorial perspectives from the Banner Publishing Corporation address in Bennington Vermont. The item presents a compact view of the newspaper’s stance on current local concerns and civic matters.
The House approved large pay increases for federal employees totaling about 1.5 billion this year and 4.5 billion in later years despite White House objections. The piece notes Nixon approved a 100 percent raise for the president and points to lawmakers boosting their own salaries, arguing hypocrisy and contagious greed in both branches as restraint falters.
Editor notes a remarkable weekend with the new YMCA opening signaling new recreation for Bennington residents. Highlights include the Putnam Memorial Hospital Auxiliary turning 50 with an opera night at Mt Anthony auditorium and Kiwanis Club hosting a Boys Town choir appearance in Hoosick Falls. The column also lampoons Nobel Prize talk on viruses and jokes about Santa and the Mets with light humor.
The piece argues Nixon’s main risk comes from inflation and economic tensions rather than Vietnam. It highlights wage push by unions, rising prices, unemployment at four percent, and widespread moonlighting. It notes credit practices, store tactics, and political peril from both housewives and AFL-CIO, with no easy fix before 1972.
The letter-writer criticizes the October protest as childish and irrelevant, arguing deeper issues about war ethics and government integrity. He praises Nixon's stance against protests influencing decisions, cites Yale President Kingman Brewster Jr. and a large New Haven gathering, and notes concerns about politics hijacking student action.
Jeanne C Quinn of Pownal Center urges residents to back a new addition to Pownal Center School citing taxes, education quality, and familial access. She contrasts a private school for a public official’s child with the need for the best public education for all local children.
Kingman Brewster argues that bold steps toward peace in Vietnam carry political risk but stress that retreat on a fixed timetable risks greater harm. He urges honesty about ending the war, honoring fallen allies, and restoring America as a symbol of decency and hope.
A long planned escape ends with the convict returning to his apartment six hours after disappearing. He rings the bell. his wife Dorothea Kent in Family Circle notes her shock as media and police bulletin spread on the incident.
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