A Nation of Nomads Mobility in America Through Time
In this essay by Melvin Maddocks, Boston, the piece links mobility to American identity from 1927 to 1977. It contrasts Corvette ownership costs, auto culture, and shifting transport modes with Lindbergh’s era flights, industrial growth, and the idea that movement defines progress, while warning against stagnation and fuel worries. It also touches on politics, defense, and the B1 bomber debate shaping national priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
al Capone
Alvin
Kelly
Baltimore
Charles Lindbergh
St. Louis
Debate on B1 bomber viability and U S deterrence
The piece argues for maintaining the B1 bomber as a stabilizing strategic weapon. It contests disarming moves, notes Soviet Backfire bombers and growing missile warheads, and compares B1 to B52 in speed payload and radar penetration. It warns against killing the B1 to appease critics and cites cost and strategic spending trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
U.S
Soviet Union
Ployes
North Bennington Community Notes And Events Overview
Looking Back reviews varied local happenings from a radio talent program at the North Bennington gym to student outings at the historical museum and Santos grounds. It notes the Simmons Carnival postponement due to rain, nursing graduates from St. Luke's Hospital, a farewell for Bertram Wood from Green Mountain scouting, honorary Williams College degrees for Ethel Richmond, a Stratton Mountain boutique opening, a new North Bennington Fire Department rescue truck, and Hoosick Falls Girl Scout camping. Also lists past national milestones from 1845 annexation, 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, 1967 Dodd censure, to 1973 US-Russia airline accord.
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Melvin Maddocks
Boston
France
Myron T. Herrick
Lindbergh
Paris
le Havre
Ie de France
New York
the Sun
Herrick
Frederick Lewis “Allen
Grover Whalen
Alva Johnston
Broadway
New York Times
Chicago
Navy
Goodyear
Dollar Steamship Line
Walt Whitman
Baudelaire
Christian Science Publishing Society
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Oklahoma
Tinker Air Base
California
United Auto Workers Union
Aerospace Workers
Ehrlichman
Mitchell
The
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
North Bennington
Ford Rush
Silent Jim
WGY
Schenectady
Rush
Mary Connor
Santos Pleasure Grounds
Troy Road
Simmons
Olga Murphy
Virginia Vachon
Mary Daigneault
June Murrell
Lucille Roy
St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing
Pittsfield
Bertram Wood
Green Mountain Scouting Council
Arlington
Wood
Presque Isle
Maine
Ethel Richmond
Bennington
Williams College
Williams
College
Stratton Mountain Inn
Joanne Clark
North
Hoosick Falls
William McMartin
Babcock Lake
William E. Burns
Patricia Snow
Congress of Texas
United States
U.S. Congress
Truman
Sen
Thomas Dodd
Conn
U.S. Senate
Russia
Banaie
Conmitsseu
Main Street
USOM
We Fabrics
Manchester Cerffer
Vermont
Yee
Scholl
Marra’s
North ST
Dick Torrey
AMA
DIAL
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