Nixon Welfare Plan Could Transform Public Aid
Editorial argues Nixon welfare reform is a bold but flawed step. Moynihan shapes a guaranteed $1,600 annual family income while Burns anchors the fiscal side. Plan tackles work disincentives and welfare dependency, allows earned income, ends single father welfare denial, and adds job training and day care.
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Nixon
Daniel P. Moynihan
Arthur F. Burns
Mississippi
Massachusetts
Congress
Bennington Banner publication details
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
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The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Numbers game in Vietnam troops counts show little drop
The Nixon administration weighs more troop cuts while Pentagon figures reveal only a 1,500 decrease in two months from 537,500 to 536,000. The public doubts a real reduction as withdrawals seem offset by replacements, amid pressure to disengage yet slow action by military advisers.
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Vietnam
Pentagon
U.S
Nixon
White House
Astronaut Homecoming Cheer Inspires Bennington Baseball Hope
Editor notes compare United States moon mission heroes Armstrong Aldrin and Collins to Bennington Post 13 Legion baseball team as they pursue a state championship. The small budget and four used baseballs highlight the contrast with moonflight funding while urging local fans to support the team through coaches Ted Ripley and Gerald Croft.
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Bennington
Ted Ripley
Gerald Croft
Baxter's Maine Wilderness Legacy Created Baxter State Park
Percival P Baxter, Maine millionaire and conservationist, died at 92 leaving 200000 acres of undeveloped land crowned by Katahdin. He bought the mountain parcel by parcel over 30 years after failing to persuade Maine to establish a public park. He donated Baxter State Park to Maine to preserve it forever in its natural wild state for the people.
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New York Times
Percival P. Baxter
Maine
Katahdin
Baxter
Thoreau
Suade
Baxter State Park
Percival Baxter
Congress
Sen. Proxmire
Pentagon
Congress grows bolder in challenge to military knowledge
Senators and representatives push for more oversight of defense contracts. A 47 46 vote on an amendment requires quarterly GAO reporting and audits, with subpoenas for contractor records. Proxmire and Cook Bayh push for full disclosure of prior relationships in defense deals and a cut in manpower, questioning the need for thousands of troops overseas and in other regions while warning of a self fulfilling prophecy with new weapons programs.
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General Accounting Office
Defense
Melvin Laird
Defense Industries
Lockheed
Marlow Cook
R-Ky
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Vietnam
Europe
Germany
U.S
Canal Zone
Puerto Rico
Guantanamo
Committee
Romney's Operation Breakthrough Hopes Mass Housing Rise
HUD secretary George Romney promotes mass produced modular housing using auto assembly lines. Carpenters union shifts stance with Stirling Homex contract and training plans as Detroit lenders back 10 000 to 12 000 dollar homes. Reuther and unions back Romney’s plan while builders race to scale prefabricated housing for a mass market.
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Romney
George
George Romney
Detroit
Volkswagen
Germany
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Reuther
U.S
Thority
le Bon Walker
Citizens Authority
Homes, Inc
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Afl-Cio
Carpenters’ Union
Stirling Homex Corporation
Avon
Rochester
Syracuse
N.Y
Urban League
Congress
Peter Terzick
Camping In a Crowd Camping In a Crowd
Carl and Fredi Stumpf of Skylark in Hancock are surprised by a visit from friends who find their hillside retreat unlisted on short notice. The author laments crowded, noisy modern campgrounds and recalls peaceful, remote earthward camping on a 16,000 mile 1947 house hunting trip to Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Zion and Bryce Canyon.
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Fredi Stumpf
Skylark
Hancock
Mass
Charlie
Stumpfs
Charlie and
Yellowstone Park
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Zion
Bryce Canyon
Letters to the Editor On life on two planets and peace
Readers debate whether humans should invest billions to search for lifeless planets while Earth holds life. John J. Hicks questions greed and harm from pollution and war, urging harmony and faith in God. Marilyn Skidmore thanks Bennington County workers and mothers for Head Start transportation. A birthday verse by Rock R Rogers ends the page.
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God
John J. Hicks
Denman St. Elmhurst, N.Y
Bennington County
Marilyn Skidmore
Knife Registration Next Aims to Remove Knives
A letter from Edward W. Hall urges rapid knife registration as a first step toward eliminating knives in society. He argues registration for knife owners and quantities will curb violence, cites past gun controls, and contends only criminals ignore laws. Hall suggests supervised cutting facilities and possible special permits while defending a perceived need to progress beyond current freedoms.
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Los Angeles
Edward W. Hall
Governor remarks spark letters on welfare in Northeast Kingdom
Bill Kemsley of Weston criticizes governor for praising a woman who would rather die than take $54 monthly aid and recalls a prior equal funding remark about a family's weekly income. He questions whether low incomes help the economy and urges empathy for poverty. Letters to the column welcome.
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Davis
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