Dirty money and politics stain Nixon era ethics
A California court deposition links Nixon aides to a dairy price support tilt funded by six figure contributions, while Howard Hunt pleads guilty on Watergate related charges. The episodes raise questions of presidential knowledge, the legitimacy of campaign finance, and public trust in government during a fraught 1970s era.
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California
Nixon
White House
Department of Agriculture
Howard Hunter
McGovern
Ralph Nader
Herbert Kalmbach
Kalmbach
Hunt
Two Bennington College figures die on same day
Mrs. Marion Stanwood who died at 91 traced the college’s early days and ran the Oversea Inn to host visiting parents for decades. Leonard Rowe, struck down by leukemia, led the faculty for nearly ten years and inspired Vermont students with lectures and public issue debates.
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Bennington College
Marion Stanwood
Stanwood
Leonard Rowe
Rowe
Vermont High School
Interreg A Choice of Principle by James Reston
James Reston discusses the conflict between private conviction and public policy among Nixon era leaders. He highlights Richardson Kissinger Ball and McNamara, noting pressures to align beliefs with the administration while facing Vietnam policy and ceasefire negotiations.
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Elliot L. Richardson
Massachussetts
H.E.W
Learned Hand
Felix
Frankfurter
Nixon
Defense
Hanoi
Harvard
George Ball
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Quilty
Anthony Eden
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Eden
Ball
Henry Kissinger
Richardson
North Vietnam
Paris
John Connally
John Mitchell
Bill Rogers
Robert McNamara
Wnd
Clark Clifford
House of Commons
Ean Bone
Kissinger
le Duc
Tho
North
United States
China
Soviet Union
le Due Tho
Bird pudding delights winter birds in Searsbury valley
In a snowy season report from Searsbury valley, residents describe robins on icy power lines and share a homemade bird pudding recipe using fat drippings peanut butter and seeds. Garden notes promise spring blooms with pussy willows and Johnny jump ups amid forecasts and seed catalogs.
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Merton Hice
Searsbury's Valley
Bennington Garden
Mildred Peeler
Adams Street
Johnny
Walt
Vermont trio in Congress termed apathetic about war
Letter from Mrs Clarence Howard of Bennington defends Senators Aiken Stafford and Mallory, arguing their votes and public positions oppose war funding and push for ceasefire. The writer cites interviews and letters to claim Congress can guide negotiations without foreclosing them.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Vermont
Congress
Aiken
Stafford
Mallory
Carnot
Clarence Howard
Land Control debate in Vermont letters to editor
Hebert Douglas of Shaftsbury urges balanced hearings on Act 250 and land control to curb water pollution while preserving farmland. He cautions against broad bans, calls for expert input from farmers engineers lawyers real estate and small homeowners, and argues for democratically informed safeguards before enacting a fair land control bill.
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Vermont
Gure
Rutland
Health Dept
Iwa
Arlington
Farmer
Buckley watchers seek audience with Sen Buckley
In a January 13 editorial a reader questions T Garry Buckley power to bottle up amendments in the Judiciary Committee and suggests ways the Banner could reach him. The letter proposes calling it My Week In Montpelier or Bills Bottled by Buckley and jokes about voter communications and re made election buttons.
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T. Garry Buckley
Judiciary Committee
Sen. Buckley
Montpelier
Buckley
Sen. Proxmire
Wisconsin
Beabington
Morgan
Shaftabury Hollow
Sandgate
Peru
Armstrong
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James Restun
New York Times News Service
New York
Senate
Harold Hughes
Jr James Reston
Rogers
Dean Sayre
Washington Cathedral
Mr. Reston
Searsburg
Bil
Trudy
Charlie
Oid Bennington
Hebert Douglas
Shaftsbury
Buckley Watchers
East Arlington
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