Debaters Explore Citizen Role in Foreign Policy
Brattleboro speakers including three state department officers and Rev Allen VanderMeulen Jr discuss how ordinary citizens influence and understand foreign policy. The panel, part of Windham World Affairs Council, debated why foreign policy seems divorced from democracy and how the public can access information to form decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
State Department
Allen VanderMeulen Jr
Center Congregational Church
Windham World Affairs Council
Vermont
Bennington
David Jareckie
Bennington High School
van der Meulen
William Edgar
Abram Manell
Paul O’neill Jr
Europe
Asia
Africa
U. S
Roy Fairfield
Putney Graduate School
New York Times
Sen. J. Willliam Fulbright
Johnson
U.S
Dominican Republic
Amercan
Manell
Fairfield
Sen. Fulbright
Edgar
Wool Program Payments Announced
The 1965 wool incentive payments will be issued to Bennington county farmers for wool and unshorn lambs marketed before Jan 1 1966. Applications, forms, and details are available from John J. DeVito at the Bennington County ASCS Office, 310 Main St. Closing date for sales documents and applications is Jan 31, 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
E. W. Mattison
ASCS
Main St
Peace Corps Tests on Dec 6 in Brattleboro
Bennington area residents are invited to take the Peace Corps placement test at 3 p.m. Monday December 6 at the Brattleboro Post Office building with a one and a half hour session. The test measures general aptitude and language learning potential, with the application form being the key selection factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Peace Corps
Brattleboro
Washington, D.C
Noted Poet To Lecture At College
John Berryman, noted American poet, will give two public appearances at Benting ton College on Friday. He will deliver a lecture Ezra Pound's Poetry A Tribute at 8 p.m. in the Carriage Barn auditorium and read from his own poetry at 4 p.m. in Room of the Barn. The events cap a five year Elizabeth Harrington Dickinson lecture series on The Poetic Tradition in English funded by Mr. and Mrs. Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. of Rutherford New Jersey. Previous speakers include J W Cunningham, Stanley J. Kunitz, John Crowe Ransom, R P Blackmur, Howard Nemerov, William Meredith, Francis Golffing, and Louise Bogan. Berryman's works include The Dispossessed (1948), Homage to Mistress Bradstreet (1956) praised by Edmund Wilson and Conrad Aiken. his latest book is 77 Dream Songs (last year).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falk
United Nations
Edgar
U.S
Russia
Soviet Union
Ussr
Jeffrey Campbell
Putney School
Asia
Manell
O’neill
America
China
Africa
West
State Department
Montpelier
Berryman
Ezra Pound
Carriage Barn
Elizabeth Harrington Dickinson
Bennington College
Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr
Rutherford, NJ
Dickinson
J.W. Cunningham
Stanley J. Kunitz
John Crowe Ransom
R.P. Blackmur
Howard Nemerov
William Meredith
Francis Golffing
Louise Bogan
National Guard unit sees surge in enlistments in Bennington region
The 86th Engineer Company based in Bennington reports 29 new enlistees since August, raising to 142 of 165 authorized positions. Most new recruits come from outside Vermont, including six from northern Massachusetts and New York, with 10 from Bennington. The unit may expand beyond its 165 cap, though officials deem it unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont National Guard
Bennington
86Th Engineer Company
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York State
Troy
National Guard
Bennington Area
Bennington Ranks Third In Surplus Food Program
New York based USDA data show 14,012 Vermonters benefited in October from surplus food commodities including flour cornmeal milk and peanut butter. Bennington ranked third in state participation while Burlington Winooski Morristown Belvidere Brownington and Moretown reported notable numbers. Also noted are Food Stamp Program additions Grand Isle Franklin Lac Mooille Counties and enlistment info for local National Guard duty via State Armory contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S
Deepartment of Agriculture
Veremont
Bennington
Philip B. Hearn
USDA
Consumer and Marketing Services
Northeast Area
New York City
National Guard
Harold Andrews
Griffin Smith
State Armory
Weekly School Lunch Menu Summary
The menu lists weekday meals for Monday through Friday featuring spaghetti with meat sauce, roast beef, beef noodle soup, baked pork with beans, and fish sticks. Each day includes sides such as bread, vegetables, fruit, milk, and a dessert option.
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the Citizen and Foreign Policy
By Warren Buckler
Lindsay
Washington
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
Free Society Association
John V. Lindsay
GOP
Association
Denison Kitchel
Viet Nam
Putney
Southeast Asia
Clarence Falk
South Viet Nam
John Berryman
Grand Isle
Franklin
Lacmoille
Perc Sons
Burlington
Winooski
Morristown
Belvidere, Brownington and
Moretown
Lm Madan
Fienberg’s
Hee
Drysdale’s
Etional
Rmington Rd
Richmond
Rar Oo
Frost's Pharmacy
North St. Bennington, Ve
Oneida Meat
Freezer
Hinds
Pia
Ibs
Garett
Stooe
Ea A
E. Main Street
Bennington, VT
Oneida
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