Pregnancy Penalty in Hiring and Teaching Courts
The piece surveys pre employment pregnancy testing, privacy invasion, and the bias against child bearing. It highlights Eve Cary's call for a court test on sex discrimination, cites a Supreme Court ruling that firing teachers for pregnancy is unconstitutional, and argues for fair maternity policies and equal protection for pregnant women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Civil Liberties Union
Eve Cary
Cary
the Civil Liberties Review
Supreme Court
Bennington caucuses yield ups and nominations in town races
In Bennington Republican caucus Arthur R. Rickert wins over John Waters for overseer of the poor 173 to 19 with incumbent Beulah Marsden at 56. Democratic caucus nominates I. F. Waite to oppose Kathryn Morrissey for town clerk. Local committee forms to supervise Teen Town. North Bennington High pulls upset over Burr & Burton. NBHS girls win Molly Stark League title. Joseph Madkour seeks Ward 7 trustee. Museum to exhibit Norman Rockwell. attendance 60,000 in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Arthur R. Rickert
John F. Waters
Rickert
Waters
Beulah Marsden
I. F. Waite
Kathryn M. Morrissey
Caroline Darlington
T. Garry Buckley
Leonard Dickieson
Robert Wheeler
Joseph McDonough
Eugene C. Burr
North Bennington
Harry Noyes
Burr & Burton
NBHS
Molly Stark
Beverly Legacy
Sis Ryan
Jean Loomis
Everett Dimick
Joseph Madkour
Bennington Museum
Norman Rockwell
Richard Carter Barret
Letters Against Longer Terms for Governor in Vermont Ballot
Prentiss C. Smith argues against Proposition I to extend the governor's term to four years. He warns this concentrates power, cites Watergate lessons, and urges Vermonters to vote No on March 5 to reclaim local decision making and resources. He stresses local input and governance over centralized authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Nixon
FBI
CIA
IRS
Right to Know and the Hidden Press at Meetings
A columnist questions press presence at town board meetings and explores the idea of transparency versus secrecy. The piece riffs on reporters disguising themselves, the fear of being poisoned, and potential rules requiring advance notice or uniforms, ending with a caution to officials when outsiders arrive with cameras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfane
Becker
Hyuck
Press
FBI
Appreciation to BCRC by North Shire Medical Care Center Study Committee
A letter to Ferdinand Bongartz, chairman of the Bennington County Regional Commission, thanks the BCRC for staffing and aiding a seven-town study on medical care. It highlights John Simson's outstanding efforts, involvement in meetings, report writing, and board selection, and expresses communal debt and gratitude. Dorset resident Russell B. Weston signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Bongartz
Bennington County
Rutland County
Bennington County Regional Commission
John Simson
John
Winston Luther for Bennington selectman urged by voter
A Bannner letter writer endorses Winston Luther for Bennington selectman on March 5. She notes he is independent, imaginative, dedicated, and devoted to the town, urging all voters to mark an L for him. The author identifies herself as Elane Lother Ehrich and as his sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner
Winston Luther
Selectman
Bennington
Winston
Win
Drowning in Information Not a Solution to Problems
In an opinion from the Boston Globe, the NAA News Letter argues that drowning problems in an ocean of information does not equate to solving them. It contrasts modern price realities with pioneer hardship, noting stoves today cost more than would help pioneers survive.
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Karen Dobkin Fortney
Edward Coughlin
Detroit
Jean Wassick
Bennington National Guard
John M. Dempsey
Robert E. Houle
U.S
Maine
Havana Harbor
Spain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miami
Florida
Chicago
Anton Cermak
John Mitchell
United States
Cuba
Wally Cox
Walker
Adams Clothes Shop
Adams
Prentiss C. Smith
R.D
West Brattleboro
By Gretchen Becker
Marlboro
BCRC
Mr. Bongartz
Russell B. Weston
Dorset
Elane Lother Ehrich
NAA
Boston
Globe
Arlington
ETV
Aontetv
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