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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1976
Page
5
A Maine farm dispatch celebrates the annual cleansing flight of bees in spring. It describes bees emerging from hives on a warm May morning, buzzing in a communal wakefulness, testing the air, and taking aerial tours before returning to hive life as summer schedules approach.
George Meany of the AFL-CIO discusses a year with 20 million unemployed Americans facing severe hardship. He highlights decisions between food and shelter, medical bills, and school clothes, plus the anxiety and strain on families and students.
The piece reflects how parental unemployment shatters hopes and how a job defines social standing. It notes work as a key measure of self-worth and national strength and recalls a windstorm at a Charlotte drive‑in that destroyed the screen just before Gone With the Wind was to screen on New Year’s Eve.
A former Kennedy era foreign policy heavyweight Grimsby appears on Park Avenue in frayed overalls with a fishing pole, while eyeing a White House comeback. The piece mocks his fall from Clinton era to a comic country persona, as he meets the narrator near the Council on Foreign Relations and greets passersby with “Howdy.”
Rev. Charles John Marcoux of Scott Street celebrates his first solemn high mass at St. Francs de Sales Church after being ordained in Montreal by Archbishop Deschamps. Eddie Duchin and his orchestra stop at Meadowbrook Arlington en route to Bayside Pavilion Burlington. Notables receive honors and scholarships include Julia Bottum of Arlington winning art tuition at New England School of Art.
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