Updated: Vendor Offering Flag With Swastika Asked To Leave Bloomsburg Fair Grounds

BLOOMSBURG — Several flags depicting swastikas were confiscated from a vendor by Bloomsburg Fair officials on Monday. Bill Barratt, head of security at the weeklong fair, said the vendor — Lawrence Betsinger, who operated a merchandise stand where the flags were on display — was asked to leave the fairgrounds about noon Monday and agreed to stop selling his products immediately and be off the grounds by Tuesday morning. Betsinger, a 72-year-old resident of Indiana, Pa., was selling flags, hats and other items at his stand.