Editorial salutes organists and the guild on eightieth year
A Monitor editorial praises the 16,000 members of the American Guild of Organists on its eightieth convention in Boston. The piece defends hand pumping as essential energy for pipe organs, recounts the author’s early pumping days, and honors the unseen pumper as the real energy source behind organ music.
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The
Monitor
Boston
John Milton
Guild of Farmer Pipe Organ
Chet Shafer
Three Rivers
Mich
Winchester
Walston
Miss Pratt
Conservatory
American Guild of Organists
Letters praise national throwaway ban leadership
A reader lauds The Banner editorial on a national ban on throwaway beverage containers. The letter credits Vermont and Oregon for leading the issue and notes Vermonter Jim Jeffords as the congressman driving the national beverage container law effort.
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Vermont
Oregon
Jim Jeffords
Congress
Congressman Jeffords
Jeffords bottle bill gains new life boosted by national emphasis
Barbara A. Hoar notes that a national bottle bill, stalled in the House due to lobbying, has a rewritten version by Sen. Jeffords to improve passage. Hatfield used this version as a Senate amendment to a solid waste bill. though it failed, support grew, signaling better odds for passage. A national law would benefit Vermont border grocers and realize the broader gains.
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House
Jeffords
Sen
Hatfield
Senate
Robert T. Stafford
Vermont
Agitated Neighbor Opened Door Says Fix Your Stereo
In a short humor item from the Official Republican Joke Book by Larry Wilde a man with an ax at a neighbor’s door quips I’ve come to fix your stereo. The piece appears in the Wall Street Journal noting the rural highway project nickname hardening of the arteries.
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Larry Wilde
Pinnacle
Mastery of dance and civic notes fill Bennington page
Martha Graham recital draws packed Bennington College audience with vigorous hand clapping and curtain calls. A second solo dance show is announced. The day also features a Mexican burro baseball stunt with Burton Potter hitting a homer as a mule sprints home. Vermont flood talks with Gov. Smith and Roosevelt prompt a half holiday. 85 Bennington youths lose Girl Scout Day Camp. Health officer condemns mouldy frankfurts. Retirements and staff changes at Bennington schools and local business moves are noted.
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Martha Graham
Bennington College
Burton Potter
Charles M. Smith
Pavilion Hotel
Montpelier
Vermont
Statehouse
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Secret Service
Gov. Smith
Bennington
Ondawa
Sunderland
John D. Lane
Lane
The Fourth World and the maze of global commerce
Melvin Maddocks argues that international trade and manufacturing blur borders and identities. He cites Goodrich and Michelin moves, Sumitomo Shoji deals, and global product flow to question whether economic homogenization reduces conflict or erases distinct cultures.
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Middle East
Africa
Morals scandals and Big Brother in American politics
A critical overview traces how sex scandals and dossiers shaped U S political power from J Edgar Hoover to modern lawmakers. It juxtaposes past and present abuses, noting how private immorality and public corruption threaten democratic accountability with references to Cleveland Blaine Hays and broader governance failures.
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Anne Royall
Washington
Capitol
Library of Congress
America
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lyndon Johnson
CIA
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
House
John J. Rhodes
Rariz
Nixa
Grover Cleveland
Buffalo Evening Telegraph
Maria Halpin
James G. Blaine
Blaine
George McGovern
Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Indochina
Spock frames temperamental sex differences as taught
Dr. Benjamin Spock, renowned baby care expert, argues that nine tenths of what many see as inborn temperamental differences between the sexes are learned rather than innate. The statement accompanies his recent stance on feminism.
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Benjamin Spock
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Merrill A. Mundell Jr
South Newfane
Northeastern University
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Shaftsbury
Eliza
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Business Week
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Goodrich
Michelin
South Carolina
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