The Warnke nomination shapes a new security coalition
The Senate hearings reveal fierce opposition to Paul Warnke as Carter's arms negotiator, framed as a broader battle between a rising militant national security coalition and advocates of arms control. The piece traces this alliance, its Israel-leaning scholars, and writers who push for stronger defense budgets while Warnke argues for verifiable arms limitation to curb the arms race.
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Paul Nitze
Pentagon
Senate
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Vietnam
Israel
U.S
Commentary
Henry Jackson
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The
New Republic
Committee On
John Connally
Lane Kirkland
Aflcio
Norman Podhoretz
Saul Bellow
S. Warnke
Warnee
Gresham
Stratton
North Bennington PTA Meets With Wheeler Presiding
The North Bennington PTA holds its meeting with Mrs. Ralph Wheeler conducting business. A 40th anniversary display honors the two women founders with a birthday scene. Fritz Williams of Fillmore Farms speaks on certified milk value. Charles B. Hubbell, son of Mary Hubbell, joins New England Telephone as a lineman in Waterbury. Agnes Rockwood launches "Just Poking Around" on The Banner editorial page.
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Ralph Wheeler
Fritz Williams
Fillmore Farms
Michael J. Dillon
Hoosick Falls
New York
Knights of Columbus
Charles B. Hubbell
Mary Hubbell
Main St
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Waterbury
Agnes Rockwood
New England
Korea
Bennington Merchants Association forms at turkey dinner
About 100 area merchants meet for a turkey dinner to form the Bennington Merchants Association. Officers include Alfred Hertz as president and John P. Proud as vice president with a board of directors elected. Community members donate the effort. Elvira Mantelli concludes a 10 week visit in West Hoosick with six spaghetti dinners in a row. Women’s Fellowship hosts a meeting at the Bennington Museum with Richard Barret presenting a museum history. Arlington Memorial High volunteers continue library cataloging begun a year ago by Allan and Mrs. Robertson, aiding school board funded stacks.
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Bennington Merchants Association
Alfred Hertz
John P. Proud
Albert Burns
Harold Gordon
Lucien Loomis
Margaret LaFlamme
Seymour Shultz
George E. Hadwen
Elvira Mantelli
Bucaramanga
Columbia
Charles Filikins
West Hoosick
Elvira
Women’s Fellowship
The
Second Congregational Church
Bennington Museum
H.J. Wallace
Richard Barret
Allan Robertson
Arlington Memorial High School
Old Castle Theatre to Stage Readings at Southern Vermont College
Tonight at 8 p.m. the Old Castle Theatre Company repeats its staged readings of The Twenties The Thirties at Southern Vermont College. The letter praises the show as deftly crafted funny, sad, brilliant and nostalgic, a vivid part of our cultural legacy.
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Oldcastle Theatre Company
Southern Vermont College
Gem of an evening Wars heritage and charity dinner
Mary Rose Hoffman invites readers to a nostalgic evening at Pine Circle East while Dollars For Scholars thanks media volunteers and chef Don Rattle for a successful spaghetti dinner. Manchester Boy Scout Troop 333 marks its Blue and Gold banquet with former cub scouts Alan Kelleher Stephen Zoufaly Paul O Leary and Richard Charbonneau pictured with Scoutmaster Ferdinand Bongartz.
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Dollars For Scholars
Don Rattle
Florence Hattat
Margaret Lillie
Jean Durant
Jane Forrest
Glenna Harvey
Helen Shaw
June Edgar
Vicky Cutler
Manchester
Ferdinand Bongartz
Alan Kelleher
Stephen Zoufaly
Paul O’leary
Richard Charbonneau
Dates of World War II and labor milestones listed
On this date summaries recall key events: 1937 General Motors recognizes United Auto Workers as bargaining agent for GM workers. 1945 FDR Churchill and Stalin close a Yalta conference. 1965 first U S and South Vietnamese air raids on North Vietnam after Viet Cong attack. 1977 Ford names William Scranton UN ambassador.
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General Motors
United Auto Workers Union
CIO
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Yalta
U.S
South Vietnamese
North Vietnam
Ford
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
United Nations
Congressman's Report on Environmental Study Conference role
The vice chair explains the Environmental Study Conference in the House, its goals and operations. It informs members with briefings and expert staff to assess environmental bills, aiming for sound decisions without partisan bias while balancing economy and environment.
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House
House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
Environmental Study Conference
Environmental Conference integrity guides bipartisan action
Excerpt from a New York Times editorial praises the Environmental Study Conference for maintaining credibility across diverse Congress members. It argues the group helps steer sound environmental legislation, diffuses misleading statistics, and could influence future policy, despite risks if it shifts partisan.
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