Dialogues letter on prepared childbirth at Putnam Memorial Hospital
Louise Nelson Welder of Coraopolis writes in response to the Dialogues feature on natural childbirth, urging Putnam Memorial Hospital to allow prepared childbirth and partner involvement. She cites benefits of education, breathing techniques, and patient readiness, while noting access barriers and calling for improved hospital communication and openness. The letter later expands into a broader critique of institutional alienation and a defense of First Amendment rights to voice concern about obstetric care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Mmorial Hospital
Pittsburgh Organization For Childbirth Education
North Adams
Albany
Putnam
POCE
Mrs. McLellan
Louise Nelson Welder
Coraopolis
Penn
Bennington
Tommy Tuna Annual Award for Politics Nominates Gov Thomas Salmon
A letter to The Banner suggests a politics award parodying Oscars and Emmys. It nominates Gov Thomas Salmon as Best Actor for a tongue in cheek Inaugural Speech delivered at the Statehouse on Friday January 10, praising his performance and noting public distrust of politicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Thomas Salmon
Statehouse
Tommy Tuna Award Targets Gov Salmon Deficit Scandal
In a biting letter from Newfane, William G. Staats Jr. debunks late October deficits swelling to 11.5 million and unemployment fund gaps revealed after the election. He mocks the inaugural reception charges and criticizes reappointments, ending with a caricatured statue of a bloated politician as the Tommy Tuna Award symbol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Salmon
McDonald’s
Montpelier
Lighter Side: Red Ink and Inflation Tricks
Satirical column by Dick West lampoons federal reliance on spending to curb inflation. It mocks a fictional Senator Bulljack advocating a 12 percent pay raise to Congress and proposes a two-way parity scheme using wage and price supports to flood the economy with money from both ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick West Washington
UPI
Bulljack
Sonny
Congress
Rehearsals Highlight Bennington News And Local Events
Looking Back notes rehearsals for The Mystery Man musical comedy sponsored by Tucker Chapter OES of North Bennington. It mentions a village meeting about city government, a camera mishap at the Armory, a large baton twirling display by Janet Kinsley and Drury High School majorettes, and a Red Cross call for beds furniture and low cost apartments after a fire. The recap also cites regional payroll growth in 1964 and historic moments from 1917 1950 and 1974 including Virgin Islands transfer and a Brink’s robbery and Middle East ceasefire talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker Chapter
O.E.S
North Bennington
Bennington
Edward J. Hall
William Buckley
Janet Kinsley
Drury High School
K. of C. Hall
Arlingtonians
T.V
Barn
Cecelia Greene
Gage
North
Hamilton L. Shields
Bennington County Industrial Corp
Books to chase the blues away at Mt Anthony
Mt Anthony students gain new library acquisitions including German and Spanish language books. Travelogues illustrated with photographs offer foreign language reading and adventure while biology titles explore life in a drop of water and a decayed tree. Reference Corner gains American Heritage volume The Writers America and James D. Horan’s Brady biography with photography and Civil War era field reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony
Europe
Latin America
George Sewartz
Sewartz
Bernice
Writers’ America
Marshall Davidson
Plymouth Colony
America
James D. Horan
Matthew Brady
Brady
Marsh
The Trouble With Apathy at University of Nevada Reno
University of Nevada Reno student body president Tom Mayer notes apathy as a problem after only five of twenty students sign up for a Student Senate committee to study apathy and propose solutions. He cites possible lack of advertising and some students viewing apathy as a way of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Mayer
University of Nevada, Reno
Mayer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Karen Dobkin Fortney
Dear Putnam Memorial Hospital
Tommy Tuna
Senator Bulljack
United States
Virgin Islands
West Indies
Denmark
U.S
Britain
Brink
Boston
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Sue
Phillip Viereck
Eleanor Graham Vance
Dorothy Bullenkamp
Rudi Wyrsch
Rosaly Swann
BRS
Main Street
Bennington, Vit
David M. M. Wohlsen
the National Observer
Catamount
National Bank
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
Pownal
West Dover
F.D.I.C
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