Pandas as symbols of detente and a firefly alternative
The column paradoxically praises Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing as detente icons while noting their breeding failure. It argues for a new emblem, proposing Pennsylvania’s firefly as a cleaner symbol, citing entomologist James E. Lloyd on firefly mating tricks and synchronization, and linking to broader Middle East mischief and SALT betrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ling-Ling
Hsing-Hsing
Larry Collins
Washington
National Zoo
James Page Jr
Smithsonian Magazine
United States
People’s Republic of China
Chou En-lai
White House
Keystone State
James E. Lloyd
University of Florida In
Gainesville
Virginia
The Talking Horn It Could Save More Lives Than Belts
Washington column argues motorists need a universal, expressive horn to replace monotone beeps. It imagines signals for lane changes, blocking traffic, and dangerous driving, urging a bark and growl system to improve road safety and reduce accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Rogers
Detroit
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA
Misleading Land Use Plan Sparks Governor Salmon Critique
In a letter to The Banner, John McClaughry censures Governor Salmon for signing the Environmental Board’s statewide zoning plan, calling it illegal and misleading. He argues the plan centralizes power in Montpelier, ignores required maps and housing-unit limits, and tempers public trust after Watergate. Tom Salmon named as a potential political consequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salmon
Environmental Board
Montpelier
State Planning Office
General Assembly
Tom Salmon
Right to live and the cruelty of trapping
A reader argues against the burying of animals in the name of environmentalism and defends the right to life of creatures. He rejects sensational abuse of nature tales and affirms his own life-affirming stance rooted in St. Francis values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Leonard Jr
Doughty
Vermont
Banner
St. Francis of Assisi
Stone fences hide cultivated fields behind them
John Kenneth Galbraith spoke to Vermont neighbors near Windham County Courthouse about stones marking old fields and the logic of prudent land use, while Henry M. Powers warned that three warm winters suggest a tougher year ahead for industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kenneth Galbraith
Vermont
Windham County
Record of Arthur Wilder and Vermont civic notes span Bennington area
Arthur Wilder, longtime Mountaineer route carrier between Bennington and Rutland, kept a flawless winter record despite ice and snow. A boy, Thomas Attella, 12, was injured by a Berkshire Street Railway bus on Veazie Street after sledding from Ballou Street. Vermont Governor Ernest Gibson urged cheap electricity and authority for a state power commission, predicting St Lawrence River power soon. Bennington may cut the 1964 town tax rate up to 29 cents, aided by a growing Grand List and lean expenditures. Irving Adler and wife honored in New York for their 50th book Numerals in the Reason Why Books series. Bennington youths enjoyed a first ballroom class under Mrs. Borden Graves with Rene Ducharme, reflecting local social activity. Chronology notes mark 1870 Nast donkey symbol, 1943 Pentagon completion, and 1973 Vietnam bombing halt and Watergate pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wilder
Here
Rutland
Wilder
Bennington
Burlington
Bennington- Rutland Star
Thomas Attella
North Adams
Berkshire Street Railway
Veazie Street
Ballou Street
Irving Adler
Shaftsbury
Harvard Club of
New York
John Day Co
Adler
Thomas Nast
Harper’s Weekly
Democratic Party
Pentagon
Virginia
Potomac River
Washington, D.C
Nixon
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Sardine Shortage Threatens Global Fishery Decline
National Audubon Society warns of a looming shortage of sardines and related stocks from Maine to Britain. Overfishing during spawning seasons reduced Maine canneries from 51 in 1950 to 17 today, with scientists urging spawning-area closures but little governmental action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
The
National Audubon Society
Maine
California
Canada
Britain
Frank Graham
Audubon Magazine
Conservation Organization
Graham
Europe
France
Sardinia
U.S. Congress
Vermont bankers urge 7 1/2 percent ceiling debate in Montpelier
The Vermont Bankers Association reports several hundred bills awaiting lawmakers. Bankers met with legislators in nine Vermont dinner meetings to discuss usury caps and mortgage lending. They urge keeping deposits flowing in state and argue free competition protects consumers while loan rates rise and fall with money supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
United States
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Rchard Moore
Air Force One
John Scali
United Nations
China
Peter
Wendy
Peter Panda
Peking
Harrisburg
Frank Lynch
Upper Darby
Pennsylvania
John McClaughry
Kirby
Arlington
Salem's
Hamburg
Hills Brothers
TIN
Sunkist
Campbell
Fairdale Farms
Gal
Jug
Salem, N.Y
SALEM
Tough
Henry M. Powers
C. H. Sprague & Son Co
New England
Mr Drug Stores
OL Acia A Rees
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
North Street
Ernest W. Gibson
Public Service Commission
St. Lawrence
K. of C. Hall
Borden Graves
Rene Ducharme
Fry
New York, N.Y
William B. Wright
Marble Savings Bank
Vermont Bankers Association
State Street
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