Environmental Revolution and Crisis of Elites
The text argues the environmental revolution as a practical ethics linking ecological balance to economic welfare. It credits the Torrey Canyon spill of 1967 and the Santa Barbara blowout of 1969 for awakening public awareness, turning environmental protection from elitist theory into life and death concern for everyday people. It notes spectacular technical failures show engineers and officials may be wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
You
Torrey Canyon
British Coast
Santa Barbara Channel
Environmentalism and public policy clash over risk and progress
The piece argues that cost benefit thinking favors self serving clients yet public demand for environmental controls rises with every preventable spill or dangerous product. It cites Carson, Nader, ozone warnings, and dam construction to show environmentalists challenged practical engineers and polluters. It notes public acceptance of environmental arguments against rapid development and questions the motives of industry defenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Carson
Ralph Nader
Virgil
Corps of Engineers
Environmental controls boost jobs and growth says CEQ
The article argues environmental regulations do not ruin the economy and may raise employment and investment. Citing CEQ data, it notes 1976 unemployment lower by 0.4 percent with environmental programs and about 400,000 additional jobs from new pollution control spending. It also upholds the ecological ethic beyond dollars. John B. Oakes, former NYT editor, is featured as Audubon Medal recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council On Environmental Quality
CEQ
John B. Oakes
New York Times
John J. Audubon Medal
National Audubon Society
Accent on laughter in Priestley on English humor
The 1977 CSPS piece examines English humor through Priestley’s lens, contrasting Sun shine Boys who celebrate life with Deadpans who purge through laughter. It notes cross cultural echoes of humor, including Russian and American patterns, and argues there is no single right or wrong humor, only varying purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
J.B. Priestley
Falstaff
Bottom
Sam Weller
Micawber
Alice
Priestley
Max Beerbohm
P.G. Wodehouse
Evelyn Waugh-Priestley
Laurence Sterne
Jonathan Swift
Swift-Priestley
Dean
Gogol
Chekhov
Mark Twain
Synge
O’casey
Sunshine Boys
Television salesmen and viewers want what they sell
An observer critiques network violence ads and TV advertising, arguing executives create desires rather than reflect them. They compare sales tactics to a shopper faced with a 12 inch frying pan and a cheaper aluminum alternative, noting audiences rarely know what they want and commercials push desired products despite resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gestalt
America
Shakespeare
Flinders
Community notes from Bennington and area events
Twelve couples celebrate at the Jepson home with progressive whist and a midnight fruit salad lunch. Mrs Blackmer and Mrs Howe plan to join husbands in Montpelier for Gov and Mrs Aiken’s reception and ball. The Women's Relief Corps holds a public installation at GAR Hall followed by entertainment. Local figures contest the Bennington selectman post while Harriet Hector joins a Boston convent. A course on The Cultures of Man debuts at Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences. A 12-foot snowman in Hoosick Falls honors a wounded soldier. Historical dates from 1785 to 1964 and Amelia Earhart’s Pacific flight mark local context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jepson
S.H. Blackmer
Paul C. Howe
Montpelier
George D. Aiken
Women's Relief Corps
Gar Hall
Sarah Buck
Mr. Frazier
Marie Pineau
Kenneth Thomson
Thomson Manufacturing Co
Henry Geisler
Bennington Manufacturing
Thomson Manufacturing
Bennington
Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lucien Hanks
Bennington College
Francis Redden
River Road
Hoosick Falls
Frank Redden Jr
Chuck Hall
Terry Durkee
Keith Andrew
Lynn Durkee
Comments Notice in department store
A department store notice quotes varying opinions about self help, prosecution, sermon impact, and a golden wedding anniversary. The mixed clippings reference Burlington Free Press Wall Street Journal and Family Digest as sources or contrasts in a small reader’s scrap. This item reflects a collage of quotes rather than a single event.
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N.Y
New York
Chauceron
Christian Science Publishing Society
Seth King
Bennington Green Hornets
James DeVito
Bennington Selectman
T. Garry Buckley
South Street
Joel C. R. Palmer
Louella Parsons
Harriet Hector
Continental Congress
New York City
Alabama
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Pacific
Hawaii
California
Luther Terry
Burlington Free Press
Wall Street Journal
Family Digest
Jn A
Command Performance
Saab
Scot Sport Motors
North Street
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