GMMA Shifts Stance On Vermont Sign Bill
The Green Mountain Motel Association and the Greater Bennington Tourist Bureau withdraw opposition to the Riehle sign control bill pending two administrative changes. They seek state control of all directional signs and for the Development Department to oversee tourist information services. Supporters say compromise strengthens the bill and reduces opposition as Montpelier reconvenes.
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Green Mountain Motel Association
GMMA
Tourist Bureau
Greater Bennington Association
Associated Industries of
Vermont
Secretary of Stacte
Development Department
Tourist Information Council
Highway Department
Scenery Preservation Council
Vermont Council On the Arts
Robert M. Gilroy
Bennington
Information Council
Gilroy
Theodore Riehle
Montpelier
Bennington Banner Publisher Details
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corp at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
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The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Patriots Ready for Burlington Invite as 7-0 Target
MAUHS Patriots sail into the Burlington Invitational with Rice Memorial and Burlington High as stern tests. Our basketball consultant projects a 7-0 finish, citing strong early showings by all teams. Nationwide, the National Highway Safety Bureau urges dozen new auto safety steps for 1969 and 1970 models.
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Mauhs Patriots
Burlington
Rice Memorial
Burlington High
Patriots
National Highway Safety Bureau
Gavin enlists as debate over Vietnam enclave strategy
In New York Gen James Gavin challenges the enclave theory label and argues for a phased withdrawal from Vietnam through smaller operating zones. He says fighting outside fortified coast enclaves is essential and that diplomacy must accompany any hold action while leaving room to negotiate. The piece notes wide political agreement on staying and negotiating but highlights renewed frustration with Ho Chi Minh's demand for total victory.
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James M. Gavin
Massachusetts
Sen. Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
Gavin
Gavein
Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
Asia
LBJ
Sen
Ho Chi Minh
Westmoreland
Hubert Humphrey
Gene McCarthy
Gen
Letter From a Butterfly Explains Cosmos and Life
A reader casts a playful, meta letter as Fellow-Frog and Fellow-Butterfly, lifting opaque flaps to reveal scientific notes on the stars, the sun, and life's timeline. It references Jastrow and a 1968 Natural History essay while musing on cosmic origins and human place in the universe.
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Earth
Robert Jastrow
Institute For Space Studies
Goddard Space Flight Center
New York City
Remapping Old Bennington a Century Ago in 1869 Atlas
Bennington's old names and sites unfold from the Atlas of Bennington County. Old Bennington tied to Upper Village history, Center and fairground moves, Mt Anthony Summit views from the observatory and grandstand, and the evolution of streets Mill Street to Ben Mont Avenue. Notable locals include Harwood and Rockwood families, Safford and Robinson mills, and Yates boarding school.
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Bennington
Bennington Center
Dewey Street
Dewey Avenue
Mt. Anthony
Harwoods
Harwood Hill
Rockwoods
Rockwood Hill
Ben Mont Avenue
Mill Street
School Street
Smith Avenue
Park Street
Pottery Street
Prudential Committee
Bennington County
Beers, Ellis and Soule
New Hampshire
Benning Wentworth
County National Bank
Court House
Old
Washington Avenue
Monument Avenue
Lee Armstrong
County
Holden - Leonard
Hurlbuts
Ben Mont
State Arms House
Old Village
Catamount
Continental Army
Joseph Safford
Samuel Robinson
Morgan
Beech Streets
Benton
Hamlin
MT. Anthony Seminary
Ballard
G.W. Yates
Yates
Do Mini Skirts Predict War or Prosperity
Washington writer muses on a theory linking hemline lengths to global tensions and economic health. He notes fashion lore, McLuhan’s medium idea, and a local interview stating a fashion figure is “up to my ears in mini skirts” while weighing if shrinking hemlines signal stock market booms or approaching Armageddon.
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Washington
UPI
Marshall McLuhan
McLuhan
Vietnam
Humor Lot To Learn From A New Grad
A Burlington Free Press item notes a young man with his college degree rushing out to greet the world with an A and B. The world humorously replies to sit down and learn the rest of the alphabet, implying humility and ongoing learning after graduation.
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Bennington Banner
LB.1
Pope
John Chamberlain
New York
Othe
Humphrey
Southeast Asia
South Vietnamese National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Freedom House Public Affairs Institute
Far East
Sen. Dirksen
Gov. Romney
Bobby Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
Cambodia
Grand Ballroom
By Catharine O. Foster
Harvard
Harlow Shapley
Thatcher Park
Helderbergs
Albany
Old Bennington
Smith
Marshall Garage
Park
Hunt
Soldiers’ Home
By Dick West
Burlington Free Press
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