Hunger Crisis Warned By Senator Tydings At Calcutta Slum Visit
Senator Joseph Tydings described scenes of Calcutta slums shows of starvation witnessed during a visit with the Population Crisis Committee. He testified before the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs about a global food shortfall and rising hunger. Norman Borlaug urged officials to forego food and water to reveal policy bias. The piece critiques American overabundance and argues meat reduction as a pragmatic step toward relief, citing Mother Teresa’s call to aid the poor.
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Joseph Tydings
Maryland
Population Crisis Committee
Halora
Calcutta
Washington
Senate Select Committee On
Tydings
Fed
Margaret Meade
Frances Moore Lappe
Commonweal Magazine
Vermont Ain't the Same Says Letter To The Banner
A Brattleboro reader complains Vermont lacks appeal due to taxes and laws, urging repeal of bills to revive the state. The letter laments high living costs and stagnant wages, contrasts Vermont with New Hampshire, and expresses love for Vermont while considering relocation.
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Salmon
Vermont
Arlene Cooper Seeks Reader Letters for Columns
Arlene Cooper invites readers to submit letters to the newspaper columns. Letters should be concise, limited to 200 words or fewer, and address topics suitable for the editorial page. Readers are encouraged to share thoughts, community notes, and constructive ideas for publication.
July 24 1934 weather and events in Bennington Vermont
Looking Back 40 Years Ago reports July drought with only 1.79 inches of rain for the month, heat, and crop shortages across Vermont and New England. It notes Mt Anthony Delegation golf qualifiers Gygax and Welles, hospital corporators meeting, National Farm Safety Week, a successful horse show for the Legion Band, Hancock Lake water levels, Bennington street work, and school improvements. Also a timeline of historical events from 1679 to 1972 and Cyprus crisis coverage with Kissinger and NATO tensions.
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Vermont
New England
Bennington
Ekwanok
Manchester
Mt. Anthony
John Gygax
Charles E. Welles
Welles
Gygax
Henry W. Putnam Memorial Hospital
Henry W. Putnam
Adelbert W. Braisted
Alexander J. Cooper
Bennington County
Harry S. Truman
Legion Band
Henry Hanson
Water Department
Morgan Springs
Water Board
Arthur J. “'Toge’’ Theberge
Gage Street
Branch Street
Highway Department
Bennington High School
Main
Pleasant Streets
A test of detente and Kissinger’s policy
The piece argues whether Kissinger can secure Soviet cooperation to curb tension and war, with Dobrynin in Moscow when Turkey invaded. It notes Kissinger’s detente stance, co existence meaning, and the need for NATO unity against Soviet pressure, while questioning prior preventive actions before Cyprus.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Cyprus
Kissinger
San Clemente
London
Ankara
Athens
Greece
Turkey
James Callaghan
Washington
Lord Ramsbotham
Anatoly Dobrynin
Pacem
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Colman McCarthy
The
Washington Post
Africa
Latin America
Norman Borlaug
Borlaug
America
Mother Teresa
Congressional
Thomas Salmon
Gov. Salmon
New Hampshire
Playboy Magazine
Brookside
Brattleboro
the Banner
Schenectady
N.Y
Main Street
Angelina’s
Mr. Eastman
Arlene Cooper
Gorham
Maine
Woodlens
North & Adams Streets
Triple ‘‘S
Grand Union
Hancock Lake
Bennington Village
Herbert Hoover
Henry Wallace
Idaho
Glen Gaylor
Progressive Party
Earth
Defense Department
USS. Sixth Fleet
North Atlantic Alliance
Britain
Joseph Sisco
Makarios
United Nations
BenMont Ave
Burlington Savings Bank
College Street
Burlington
Ethan Allen
Main St
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Essex Junction
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