Bennington Faces Calm Politics and Busy Highway Week
Editor notes that Bennington shows calmer politics than a year ago with only one announced candidate, Chairman Gerald Cornell seeking a full three year board term. The week promises highway meetings in Montpelier, a regional council gathering at Mt Anthony, a beltline hearing at the armory, and a county highway meet in Arlington.
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Bennington
Gerald Cornell
Cornell
Montpelier
Regional Highway Council
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Armory
Arlington
Bennington Banner Description and Publication Details
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
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The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Public reaction to film reviews sparks school debate
Readers letters and a high school discussion react to a one line comment about The Outdoorsman. The Banner urges action on film content after citing a Bennington theatre showing of The Night of the Living Dead, which drew parents’ concern over graphic violence and child audiences.
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Bennington
Harte Theatre
Nixon Faces Test as United Heartland Shapes GOP
In a New York perspective on Nixon, conservative watchers doubt a leftward shift. Henry Kissinger and Charles Yost are cited as liberalizing signals while John Mitchell and Kevin Phillips steer DOJ policy toward preserving a united heartland backed by a broad GOP coalition across the Midwest and South.
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Richard Nixon
Nixon
White House
Henry Kissinger
U.N
Charles W. Yost
Kevin Phillips
Harvard Law
Mitchell
Department of Justice
Phillips
Upper South
Southwest
Middle West
Plains
Mountain States
Far West
Humphrey
Arlington House
Union of the Heartland
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Dixie
Steinbeck
California
Florida
Carolinas
John Mitchell
Quote Reveals Rebel Lawyer Wanting Porsche in Esquire
Santa Monica attorney Eric Jubler is quoted in Esquire describing a rebel pro tester pacifist denouncer of material things. He articulates a paradoxical inner motive, suggesting a Porsche desire despite public advocacy for simplicity and critique of consumer culture.
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Eric Jubler
Santa Monica
Calif
Esquire
Do Editors Manage News in a World of Labels
A columnist argues against label thinking in race discussions led by WASP labels and Black Is Beautiful slogans. He notes editors shape news with space limits, social responsibility, and potential influence on public mood.
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WASPS
Sam Ogden
John Birch Society
Norman Thomas
William O. Douglas
Warren
Earl
Hong Kong
White House
Armed Services
Washington Calling Laird Proposal Destroys Groundwork for Talks
A top secret file on nuclear arms negotiations with the Soviet Union outlines how Melvin Laird’s suggestion of delaying talks by nine to 12 months, tied to the Czech crisis, risks eroding years of groundwork from Johnson era diplomacy and may push back potential talks under the new Nixon administration. The piece traces committees, letters between Johnson and Kosygin, and the fragile momentum toward a landmark ABM and arms-control conference before the Czech invasion redirected the effort.
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Soviet Union
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Laird
Clark Clifford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Alexei Kosygin
Glassboro
N.J
Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Atomic Energy Commission
Disarmament Agency
Johnson
Kosygin
Robert S. McNamara
Washington
Moscow
Koswein
Pentagon
McNamara
Czechoslovakia
Dwight Eisenhower
Senate
Nixon
White House
New York backs long range five year fiscal plan pressure
Albany pressure rises for a five year fiscal program in New York state to curb annual tax hikes. Governor Rockefeller faces push from Republicans and Democrats to forecast revenue and tailor expenditures. Comptroller Levitt and Sen. Hughes urge long term planning, citing rising debt service and unused staff costs for capital projects.
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Rockefeller
New York State
John H. Hughes
Syracuse
Arthur Levitt
Levitt
Hughes
State University
South Mall
Albany
Foundation
Comptroller
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Bennington Banner
John Chamberlain
New York
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Northeast
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Partment of Justice
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Post Office
Jim Farleys
Winton Blount
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Sunderland
Stokeley Carmichael
Rap Brown
LeRoi Jones
Huntley
Brinkley
New Republic
Johnson and
Geneva
Kirtland L. King
United Press International
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