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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1973
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. The paper serves Bennington and surrounding areas with local news, notices, and community updates from Vermont.
The editorial praises the courts as the ultimate defense against tyranny and headlines the Gainesville 8 and earlier antiwar trials, noting FBI informers and acquittals. It laments Nixon era overreach, cites the Harrisburg 7 and Camden 28 as precedents, and argues the judiciary upheld constitutional rights while open container laws and local Vermont notices are noted in a separate column.
The Banner prints James Reston’s Aug. 13 column urging general amnesty for draft and truth dodgers. It includes readers’ letters from Vermont and New Hampshire Friends about the meaning of amnesty as deliberate forgetting and a thoughtful reconsideration of wartime conduct.
A reader letter from Frances Ross of the Society of Friends urges a broad amnesty and reconciliation over the Vietnam war issue, noting it is not a simple near term goal and expressing support for legislation. Comments from Senator Robert Stafford and Dr. Millov ic acknowledge the topic's difficulty and potential, citing half a million Americans who could benefit from universal amnesty and the need to heal national divisions. North Bennington.
The piece recounts how Grants towns ran as loose republics under New York's early jurisdiction, the 1764 extension to the Connecticut River, and Cumberland County clashes from 1770 onward. It notes Westminster as county seat, the rise of safety committees, and the Westminster conventions of 1774 amid Tory support, taxation protests, and Continental Congress calls for boycotts. It ends with Spaulding's arrest, jailbreak, and escalating tensions leading toward independence.
Washington columnist Tom Braden argues the president’s defiance of courts and claims of presidential privacy threaten democratic norms. He cites Marbury v Madison and federalist principles, contrasts with Soviet officials, and warns Nixon’s stance risks eroding public consent and trust in government.
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