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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1974
Page
5
A compact treatise outlines fourteen facets of wisdom. It urges humility, self awareness, cautious judgment, open mind, equitable conduct, and restraint of desires, arguing wisdom grows from knowledge of ignorance and thrives through struggle. It ends with hope that enlightened leaders and courageous individuals can elevate humanity.
London Lee, a nightclub comic and movie actor, is remembered in Parade for a quip about a friend who loved cross word puzzles. His friend’s last request was to be buried 6 down and 3 across, a playful lament on wordplay.
The piece argues Nixon uses TV news to control the narrative while legal and congressional processes lag. It notes his world tour and diplomacy are crafted for broadcast impact, portraying him as active abroad and negotiating peace, with critics dependent on televised images for perception.
Rep Jordan D Cole of Putney asks readers to applaud public servants and citizen lobbies. He praises the Vermont Fish and Game Department chief biologist resignation response, criticizes private corporate influence, and salutes groups like the League of Women Voters and VPRG for contributing facts and constructive examples.
Dorothy Noyes led with nearly half a million votes to win first prize of 50 dollars as Miss Popular. Margaret Mackintosh took 30 dollars for second, Ann O Toole earned 20 dollars for third, Elizabeth Lawless 10 for fourth, with Rena Bugbee, Alice Short, and Doris Gladue winning smaller prizes. Panthers may be blamed for panther sightings after heifer killings in Landgrove and Peru, big tracks found, and Rev. John Ballou asked to assess. A 15 thousand dollar personal injury suit against Ben Luis and others heads to trial as jurors decide if negligence caused a leg loss.
On this date in 1928 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger on a Wilmer Sultz piloted plane. In 1967 China announced it detonated a hydrogen bomb. In 1971 the US signed an Okinawa return to Japan treaty. In 1972 five men with cameras and bugging gear were arrested at Watergate, marking the scandal’s start.
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