The Chinese key and the path to a new detente
A critical reading of how China greeted U S leaders shows a shift from cool reception to warm openness with David and Julie Eisenhower. The piece argues Beijing seeks a two way detente with the United States to counter the Soviet threat while US policy must tilt toward China for strategic balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kissinger
China
Ford
Peking
America
United States
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Southeast Asia
Premier Chou
Mr. Nixon
David
Julie
Bennington News Roundup and Local Notices
Miss D Agnes Hurley wins five dollars in The Banner ad contest for Putnam Hose Garage. Franz Carl Lorenz named associate director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and supervisor in Bennington for state project development. Multiple minor accidents in Bennington caused by icy roads. A ski bulletin board appears at Putnam Square near the County National Bank. Bennington Arts and Crafts Center announces Looking Back ceramics class taught by David Goldfarb tonight. Bennington Graded School District reports $874.82 less state aid than last year. trustees express concern. New York doubles pay phone rates from five to ten cents. Town Meeting may vote on regional planning participation. Pownal business owners in Montpelier press for sign removal deadline delay due to weather. Bennington selectmen to form committee for possible federal elderly housing project. In 1864 Stephen Foster dies in New York hospital. In 1868 Senate rejects Stanton removal. Grant resignation. In 1970 Biafra surrenders to Nigeria ending civil war. In 1972 New York allows a woman to become a professional baseball umpire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Agnes Hurley
Elm St
Putnam Hose Garage
Franz Carl Lorenz
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Bennington
David Goldfarb
New York
Postscript on Bennington Jewish Community and Temple Beth El
A reader adds that Temple Beth El relies on a small Sisterhood and annual rummage sale to fund repairs while the synagogue remains open for the community. The Thanksgiving Day Bar Mitzvah for Ira, taught by Rabbi Bronstein of North Adams, drew a large congregation, with Mrs. Bernard Cohen and the writer among the drivers of support in Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Temple Beth el Sisterhood
Ira
Bronstein
North Adams
Mass
Bernard Cohen
Bennington Synagogue Hopes for Active Jewish Center Again
Mrs. David Morris of 214 Prospect St appeals for renewed synagogue life in Bennington. She notes children being educated in North Adams Hebrew classes and parents filling gaps when no rabbi is present. Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform congregations rise and fall with population shifts, and the hope endures that the modest building, founded by 35 families fifty years ago, will again serve local Jewish families. Letters to the Editor are welcome with signature and address, under 200 words, unless libelous or in bad taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Bennington
Honest and Concerned Reader Thanks Bennington McDonalds
A Bennington reader thanks local McDonalds staff for returning a lost handbag containing school IDs license and cash. The note notes relief and gratitude and praises honesty in the community. The column also carries a political cartoon response about presidential baby kissing and campaign optics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald’s
Bennington
Conventions of kissing and hugging in politics debated
A discussion on how political figures and celebrities use kissing and hugging as social signals. It notes different expectations for male and female candidates, cites Nixon and Kennedy era examples, and questions whether electorate norms should constrain private affection in public life. It ends proposing a calm temperament as possibly advantageous for leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Congress
Pentagon
From fireplaces to stoves and back in Maine heating
In Ellsworth Maine a family recalls Maine's heating evolution from brick fireplaces to wood stoves then central furnaces. Fireplaces once dominated homes with multiple rooms heated and later became decorative corners as central heat arrived. Now wood burning stoves and space heaters surge again amid fuel costs. The piece reflects Maine's wood resources and a cycle back to wood powered warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook County
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Safire
N.Y
Times News Service
Julie Eisenhower
Kissinger
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Foster Dulles
Pacific
India
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Japan
Andrei Gromyko
Tokyo
Europe
Angola
Taiwan
Senate
CIA
County National Bank
Putnam Square
Bennington Arts and Crafts Center
U.S. 7
Pownal
Montpelier
Joseph Moore
Stephen Foster
U.S. Senate
Andrew Jackson
Edwin Stanton
Ulysses Grant
Biafra
Nigeria
New York State
The
Bammer
Mrs
David Morris
Prospect St
McDonald
Moira G. Lernihan
Manchester
Ronald Reagan
Oval Office
Didate
Russell Baker
Winthrop C. Libby
Ellsworth, Maine
SAAB
North ST. Bennington
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