Decent Interval Review by Frank Snepp Explores Saigon Exit
A critical take on Frank Snepp’s Decent Interval argues the CIA and US officials mishandled Saigon’s evacuation in 1975. The reviewer questions motives, calls out policy myopia, and condemns the moral failure behind the helicopter airlift and abandonment of allies.
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Saigon
CIA
Vietnam
Frank Snepp
Random House
Asia
Shepp
Boy Scouts
Texas Rangers
National Security Council
Hanoi
Martin
Landon Reflects on Politics and Power at KSU Lecture
90 year old Alf Landon recalls old campaigns and Teddy Roosevelt as he discusses Carter and current affairs at Kansas State University. He criticizes social and tax policy, recalls his 1936 income tax victory, and winks at Washington watchers while insisting he keeps an eye on them.
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Alf M. Landon
Landon
Kansas State University
United States
Carter
Congress
Teddy Roosevelt
Kansas
C Landon
Washington
Anwar Sadat
Sen
Bob Dole
Topeka
Santa at Haynes and Kane Tomorrow for Last Time
Tomorrow is the last day Santa Claus will be at Haynes and Kane before returning to the North Pole for Christmas Eve. The article notes holiday preparations, tree cutting nearing completion, and evergreen shipments from Vermont to American homes.
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Santa Claus
Haynes and
Kane
North Pole
America
Letters to the Banner Highlight Civic Duty and History
The Letter to the Editor argues that voting is only half of democracy and active participation matters. It cites Vermont’s 1977 legislature environmental protections, a deer season dispute, Red Cross veteran supports, and brief historical references from 1620 Plymouth to Apollo 8 and a 1975 Vienna terrorism incident, ending with a patriotic closing quote.
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Vermont
Bennington County
Red Cross
Patriotic Service Committee
National Society of Colonial Dames
Letters to legislators drive environmental bills in Vermont
The Legislative Alert urges timely citizen letters to affect 1978 environmental legislation. It notes debate on Act 250 amendments, road salt rules, container deposit law, and tax reform, with input from six groups and contact details for Vermont lawmakers. Editor John Kaminski emphasizes accessible civic action and ongoing monitoring of bills.
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Robert V. Daniels
Burlington
Daniels
Vermont
To the Editor of The Banner A Lamb Sees the Star
Bennington writes of a young shepherd who leaves the fold under a midnight sky to seek the savior child. His fair hair shines as he enters a house like his own and a familiar bed. He kneels in silent awe upon finding the nativity.
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Book Review
John Leonard
N.Y
Times News Service
New York
Snepp
Central Intelligence Agency
Thomas Polgar
Graham Martin
Southeast Asia
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
Sneep
South Vietnam
Agency
Columbia University
van Tien Dung
Foreign Service
Erblomk
By David S. Broder
Manhattan, Kan
Kansas State ‘Wildcat
T.R
House
Senate
The
Associated Industries
Japan
Edward
Ted) Quinlan
Fordham University
Raymond Quinlan
Pharmacy College
Fordham
Quinlan
DuCharme Dance School
Karen Miller
Cecelia Greene
Gail Ann Horst
Pawlet
Plymouth
Mass
U.S. Supreme Court
Nevada
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Vienna
OPEC
Richard Trench
Vermont Environmental Groups
Vermont Natural Resources Council
VNRC
Vermont Public Interest Research Group
VPIRG
Vermont Tomorrow
Lake Champlain Committee
Conservation Society of Southern Vermont
Vermont Sierra Clubs
C-O
State St
Montpelier
John Kaminski
Legislative Alert
Scar
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain
Scalr
Eve
Reed
Manchester
Bites
Bennington, VT
Banner
Bennington
Gladstone
This
Kemar
By “Kemai
Triacetate
S-M-L
Nichols
Main Street
Bennington, Vermont
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