The Peter Principle book review in New York Times
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt reviews The Peter Principle by Lawrence J. Peter and Raymond Hull. He critiques the authors’ theory that every job has a person who cannot perform it, with corollaries about hierarchiology and incompetence, noting the book’s humorous but pointed satire.
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Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
New York Times
Peter Principle
Laurence J. Peter
Raymond Hull
Morrow
Decency
Buster Mathis
Rod McKuen
Kuomintang
10Th National Congress
Lawrence J. .Peter and
Peter
Bennington Banner publication details
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper issued except Sundays and holidays. It is published by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
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The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Senators Call For Public Nuclear Meetings In Bennington Brattleboro
Sen. Aiken urges Atomic Energy Commission and utilities to hold public meetings in Bennington and Brattleboro to address public opinion on nuclear power. He wants fair discourse, warns against one sided sessions and labels critics as irresponsible. A full calm dialogue is needed to ease fears.
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Sen. Aiken
Atomic Energy Commission
Bennington
Brattleboro
AEC
Utilities
Caten
Pentagon closet gets an airing
A Senate subcommittee cuts 16 million dollars from next year’s Pentagon budget for chemical and biological weapons research. U Thant urges halt and elimination of chemical agents. Geneva Protocol exists since 1925 but major nations, including the United States, have not ratified it. SDS critics press Congress for rapid ratification amid public debate on defense spending.
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U.S. Army
Senate Armed Services
Thomas J. McIntyre
New Hampshire
Pentagon
Subcommittee
Congress
U.N
U Thant
Japan
United States
SDS
Uncle Sam
Weekend crafts fair highlights Mt Anthony exhibit
Editor notes a standoff between love and art with wedding accounts filling space and a wide range of summer culture events. The piece promotes a craft fair at Mt Anthony Union High School, open Friday to Sunday, offering a comprehensive display of interesting crafts for the public to view.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington Versus Troy Bennington Letter to the Editor
Martin V. Brown defends Bennington against utopian planning critiques in The Banner. He argues growth is internal and warns against heavy federal control, zoning overreach, and costly bypass projects. Brown urges cautious infrastructure changes and private investment to expand growth without harming Vermonters’ way of life.
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Vermont
Progress
Martin V. Brown
Robinson Ave
No Need for Expensive Tally Of Vacation Home Facts
Henry Van Loon of Manchester Center argues the Vermont Vacation Home Survey is wasteful. He says data on ownership could be gathered cheaply through town clerks or the tax office and questions the need for the costly compilation. He urges Vermont to focus on future potential rather than past figures.
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Greg Guma
Mr. Burdis
Bennington
Troy
Albany
Walloomsac
Hudson
Vermont Railway
Penn Central
Depot Dam
America
North Bennington
Guma
Main Street
Vermont
Washington
Draft and youth in war critique from Jane Bailey
In a Sacramento letter, Jane H Bailey argues war harms the American psyche, especially for youths in Vietnam and for Vietnams' young, urging universal military training and broader drafts. She imagines cities like Urbana and Sacramento crippled by war losses, and presses that all ages be draftable to deter conflict.
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Vietnam
Urbana
Ill
Beverly Hills
Calif
Vietna
Sacramento
U.S
Jane H. Bailey
Weldon
Dr Knowles And AMA In Five Month Health Fight
Dr Knowles and the American Medical Association clashed for five months over his appointment as Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. The dispute ended June 27 with critics labeling AMA as ultra conservative, while Secretary Finch faced a political setback from President Nixon.
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Funch
American Medical Association
John H. Knowles
Knowles
A.M.A
Finch
A,m.a
Nixon
Oppose ABM Deployment, Warn of Escalating Costs
Verdon Elwell of Shaftsbury urges Vermont senators to oppose a thin ABM system, warning it would be a costly, outmoded start that invites expansion by Pentagon, Congress allies, and industry. He cites Sen. Symington predicting hundreds of billions and fears an arms race that could end in global catastrophe.
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Pentagon
Congress
Stuart Symington
Vermont
Verder Elwell
Shaftsbury
Birdhouse Tragedy in a Summer Town Fireworks and Feathers
A readsboro Fourth of July scene chronicles crowded Main Street as 200 rockets burst in a grand display. Nearby, a tree swallow family suffers nest predation leaving one chick hatched. a male bird keeps guard while the female disappears, and a mystery of the nest’s ruin unfolds.
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Jim Nesci
Meriden
Conn
Emilio Laurenza
Wallingford
Nesci
Readsboro
Charlie
Papa
Nixon Integration Goals Deepen GOP South Capture
Washington editorial argues that Nixon’s push to weaken school desegregation guidelines signals a conservative shift, undermining civil rights progress and aiding Nixon’s bid to secure Southern votes for re election. It notes fears from NAACP leader Roy Wilkins and activist Charles Evers and highlights related political moves including timing with the Voting Rights Act. The piece also critiques the Buzhardt Pentagon spending commission appointment as part of a broader defense and education policy mix.
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Nixon
Miami Beach
New York Times
Richard Nixon
John Lindsay
Spiro Agnew
The
Times
HEW
Robert Finch
John Mitchell
Finch
John Knowles
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Charles Evers
Thomas Jefferson
George Orwell
Little Rock
Eisenhower
Wilson Riles
California
Sen
Strom Thurmond
George Wallace
J. Fred Buzhardt
Presidential Commission
Pentagon
Sen. Thurmond
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Manchester Center
Dr. Knowles
William A. Tisdale
Department of Medicine
University of Vermont
Burlington
Birdhouse
By Carlo Wolter
Searsburg
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio River
Kentucky
League of Vermont Writer’s Summer Institute
GOP
Frank Mankiewicz
Supreme Court
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