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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1967
Page
4
Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
After a Springfield fire nearly destroyed the Mt Anthony Union High School MAUHS officials say existing measures are strong but urge checks on water supply and alarm systems. Bennington officials discuss adding a hydrant on Park Street to ensure adequate water pressure and rapid response should a fire threaten the new Springfield school.
A Sunday Party Line note defends letters to the editor and condemns anonymous political submissions. It mentions Che Guevara allegedly operating in Bennington and reports of a National Guard activation from 1950 to 1952, plus a recent reunion at the country club recalling those times.
A reader reports spotting a gray haired woman dragging two young boys and a teenage girl kicking a smaller child near a school for special needs. The writer praises local caregivers including Reverend Forman Mr. Shepard and Mr. Marino detailing day care for their own two children.
A reader urges care for special needs children and reports a local incident of abuse. She stresses kindness toward mentally challenged children and warns against outsiders harming them. The letter also urges action on Vietnam by writing to President Johnson to deescalate and donating to wartime relief, citing amputee statistics from Saigon. Robert Condon, 344 Elm St.
Lawrence Harrington from Woodford argues the Chicago melee at the Lions International convention shows anti-Vietnam vigils can threaten public safety. The incident involved three demonstrators Karl Meyer Richard Morison and Renee Schwartz charged with disorderly conduct after being assaulted and taken to police lockups.
A veteran columnist reflects on past interracial tensions and modern urban unrest. He compares individual incidents to citywide tantrums, argues integration must address socio economic roots, and endorses targeted policies from housing to education and jobs to uplift the Negro middle class.
Anthony J. Travia, speaker of the New York Assembly and president of the Constitutional Convention, considered a gubernatorial run in 1970. The Brooklyn Democrat has wielded power, faced opposition as a "dictator," and shown willingness to adjust stances such as free higher education to maintain support among Democrats and Republicans alike.
The narrator laments Defense Secretary McNamara's Sept 19 anti China missile speech, arguing it inflates the fear of peace. He links renewed crisis rhetoric to preserving a credible deterrent and assured destruction, deciding to skip fall foliage despite its appeal for the year.
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