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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1973
Page
11
A Vermont columnist ventures about Fire Department Auxiliaries and their coffee and donuts rituals. The piece humorously muses on logistics, late night calls, and the idea of joining the fire service to escape pastry duties.
A San Diego feature revisits the 1905 USS Bennington disaster and the missing bell once tied to its memory. Lee Strobel, scarred from the explosion, hunted for the bell across Mare Island, Berkeley, and beyond, encountering falsified leads and ultimately fading with his era.
Polly Bradley offers practical tips for enjoying birdwatching with children. She suggests letting kids imitate birds to build observation skills, starting in a city park or beach, and turning play into learning about sparrows, pigeons, seagulls, and other species. The piece links early curiosity to long term conservation care for all living things.
Gov Stanley C Wilson accepts land for a new state forest park on a 3,000 foot mountain. The move advances creation of the park with hundreds of acres now added to state holdings as part of the coastal region’s park system.
In the first meeting Brezhnev and Nixon trade dull travel notes and mock daily summaries. They joke about Kissinger and Pat Buchanan while acknowledging shared views and agreeing to continue detente at the next gathering.
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