Washington lawyers steal the show in Watergate trials
A memoir style portrait of courtroom figures in the Watergate trials. Edward Bennett Williams, James Neal, John Wilson, William Hundley, Herbert Miller and others are depicted amid jurors and witnesses, with notes on Ehrlichman and Mitchell. The piece laments high fees and the flamboyant theatrics of top defense and prosecution attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Baker
Adam Clayton Powell
Edward Bennett Williams
John Gielgud
Laurence Olivier
Malcolm Wilson
Rocky
John Mitchell
James Neal
Vanderbilt
Kennedy
Justice Department
Jimmy Hoffa
Haldeman
John Wilson
Sen
Inouye
Wilson
Nixon
Sirica
Mitchell
New York
Wall Street
William Hundley
Brooklyn
Sen. Thurmond
Gallagher
Spiro
Arch Moore
West Virginia
IRS
Herbert J. Miller
Richard Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Robert Mardian
Ben-Veniste
Milky Way booze cloud tied to Big Burp theory
In a humorous column, a mock interview riffs on a Milky Way ethyl alcohol cloud that could yield vast quantities of liquor. It pairs fake science with jokey quotes about galaxies Belch theory and a bottle obsession while mocking congressional publicity and a 1972 sex bias law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Ainsworth McFirmament
Mt. Balderdash Observatory
Gertrude
Hortense
McFirmament
Looking Back Ambricoal Ad Promises Efficient Briquettes
The Banner advert promotes Ambricoal briquettes as ideal fuel with low ash output of 40 pounds per 100 pounds burned and uniform size for even air distribution. Prices list twelve 25.25 dollars per ton, six 6.40 per half ton, and three 3.50 per quarter ton. Mr and Mrs J Ed Walbridge marked their 58th Christmas anniversary, married in the centennial year of Independence. Christmas business in Bennington was strong per merchants. Stewart’s Store on River Street changed hands as Frederick L LaFranchise and Fire Chief Benjamin LaBarge took over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ed. Walbridge
Frederick L. LaFranchise
Benjamin LaBarge
Stewart's
River Street
Most Oppressed Person of 1974 in Bennington
A feature reflects on who deserves the title Most Oppressed Person of 1974. It notes Christmas births at Putnam Memorial Hospital and local holiday prices, then debates calling a bachelor or housewife the MOP with quotes from Gilder and Vendler. It also cites historical anniversaries and the Christian Science Monitor’s take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gilder
Village Voice
Gilder
Helen Vendler
Robert Lowell
Atlantic
Miss Vendler
Lowell
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George G. Connelly
Ehrlichman
J. Walter
Kalmbach
Bagman
Rebozo
Marriotts
Victuallers
Homer Toberman
Los Angeles
Ben Veniste
William Frates
Claghorn
Seattle
Frates
Milton S. Gwirtzman
U.S. Senate
New York Times
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
U.S
Edith Green
Dore
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ernest Lillie
RFD
Harold A. Harrington
Chapel Road
Harold Reiner
Maple St
Eugene Pelham
Arlington
Pvt
William Wilcox
Camp Dix
N.J
Mrs
Cecil Wilcox
Bennington Area
Hellmann
By Melvin Maddocks
United
The
Christian Science Monitor
James Mason
Franklin, Mass
Winston Churchill
Congress
Harry Truman
United States
Main Street
Bennington, Vt
Oks
Tr@aSdRe CHesT Division
J. F. Collins Co
Catamount
Vermont
North Bennington
Viliittes
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
Pownal
West Dover
FDIC
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