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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1966
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
Senator George D Aiken argues for declaring victory in Vietnam to enable negotiations and deescalation redeployment rather than unilateral withdrawal. He seeks to erase face concerns, justify halting bombing, and explore a middle path between withdrawal and total victory amid the Manila outcome and ongoing stalemate.
The Burlington Free Press notes housewives organizing supermarket boycotts as a courageous response to rising food prices and inflation. It asks President Johnson to address inflation, critiques GOP hopeful Richard Snelling for overemphasizing tax reform, and suggests the campaign may pivot to other issues to engage voters as riot leaders worry about TV ratings.
A sequence of letters to The Banner argues against a proposed Sunrise Highway bypass affecting Long Island towns and Vermont. Contributors from Bennington, East Shaftsbury, and Manchester Center discuss traffic, urban decline, and state education policy, urging citizens to contact Gov. Hoff and vote to preserve local control and oppose the bypass. The letters criticize Richard Snelling’s remarks on mental health and school regionalization.
In a nostalgic column the author laments Halloween’s shift from homemade to store bought gear. He notes plastic pails replace bags, television distracts homeowners, and homemade pranks fade as commercial products flood the holiday. The piece ends with anticipation of Christmas shopping.
A five-line AP item notes David Benson of Cambridge Massachusetts received five years in jail for destroying his draft card. The piece argues leftists have shifted tactics to Canada, highlighting an International Teach-in at the University of Toronto with figures like Felix Greene and Han Suyin. May Cheng of Yale posed a sharp question on mixed marriages and Maoist policy, drawing a pointed reply.
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