Nixon Needs Imaginative Design For Use of Nation's Resources
Boston editorial argues the United States faces excess not scarcity and calls for a guiding overall design to allocate resources effectively. It criticizes Nixon for a pragmatic but incomplete approach and urges a bold, coherent framework addressing inner cities, education, and social programs to sustain his honeymoon.
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Nixon
America
Richard Nixon
Interior
Congress
Bennington Banner Publication Details
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
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Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
We Don’t Need Animosity Editorial on Vermont Roads
The Vermont House Highway Committee hears Bennington County priorities for regional road planning. Editors urge unity across Bennington Arlington and Manchester to avoid stalemate and press for timely U.S. 7 and beltline improvements rather than a Rutland bypass or Burlington roads.
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Joseph Caracciola
Highway Committee
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Highway Department
Bennington County
Arlington
Manchester
North Bennington
Rutland
Burlington
U.S. 7
Montpelier
Regional Highway Council
Bennington Regional Planning Commission
High Speed Trains For New England?
Analysis argues that fast rail between New York and Washington proves rail travel can compete with cars and planes for short urban trips. Metroliner service faces track limits. heavy track upgrades could shave minutes but cost roughly 7 million dollars per minute. Policy questions loom on subsidies and public funding.
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New York
Washington
Northeast
Metroliner
DDT Could Destroy All Population
Letter to the Banner discusses a London Daily Express report on bald eagles decline due to DDT. It cites New Jersey Audubon Society observations of low hatch rates and egg traces, arguing DDT’s indestructibility concentrates in food chains and may threaten human fertility.
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London Daily Express
America
New Jersey
Frank McLaughlin
Audubon Society
Federal Monday Holiday Bill Ties Vermont Law to 1971
The federal Monday Holiday law would apply to all federal employees and offices in 1971 and future years regardless of Vermont's act. If Vermont's measure fails or is amended, post offices and federal agencies could close and 4,150 Vermont workers would be off while others work, raising family planning issues for mixed employment households.
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Vermont
First Ladies and holidays and housing remarks
Quotes from R F Thompson on state Monday Holiday laws and Vermont support for Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Lyndon B Johnson remarks praise for Mrs Nixon while Paul Douglas discusses urban problems and housing segregation priorities.
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U.S
Paul H. Douglas
President’s National Commission On Urban Problems
Name swap sinks big land plan in Johnson era
A routine DC Armory Board action renaming DC Stadium to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium triggered a political clash. Udall proposed sweeping Alaska and Arizona monuments totaling 7.2 million acres, but Johnson rejected the plan, scaled back monuments, and Udall resigned. The episode, tied to stadium naming and land policy, underscored tensions over public lands.
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Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
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Interior
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Alaska
Arizona
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
L.B.J
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Interior Department
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Sen
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Texas
Letters warn of unsanitary housing density in Vermont towns
A reader urges state action on parcels of 400 to 700 acres developed with one house one septic tank and one well per acre arguing tests are not required to protect health and public welfare. The letter notes potential dangers from swamp sales and urban sprawlym in contrast to Connecticut practices.
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Vermont
Snowbound on a bus amid a January thaw and storm
A bus convoy crossing from Winnipeg toward Fargo becomes snowbound as a fierce storm closes in. The drivers fight to keep track of the road amid swirling snow while passengers endure hunger and cold. A snow plow clears a path to a dim roadside diner where warmth and food finally arrive.
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Fargo
N.C
North Dakota
Waldorf Astoria
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