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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1970
Page
4
Mercury in Lake Champlain alarms Vermont readers
The essay warns that Lake Champlain pollution extends beyond obvious smog and sewage. Mercury-poisoned fish render the lake unsafe to eat, prompting calls for action, cross-state cooperation, and pressure on Montpelier and Washington. The piece brushes social notes on activism, local quirks, and wedding season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Lake Erie
New York
Montpelier
Washington
Lake Champlain
Television and the elusive equal time in politics
An opinion piece argues television wields growing power in U S politics, favoring incumbents and wealthy candidates. It notes recent CBS steps toward limited opposition time but says true equality remains unattainable under current law, with presidents using TV to bolster authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Columbia Broadcasting System
Union
White House
Eisenhower
Nixon
Poplars loom large in nature and industry
The article extols poplar wood as useful for beaver dams and honey bee glue, notes human uses from cooking fires to paper, and recounts a cautionary tale of wood waste. It also praises poplars for rapid growth, water usage, and role after fires, while mentioning biomes from Canada to Mexico and a hypothetical post atomic landscape recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal Kingdom
Whittler
North America
Canada
Mexico
Dylan Thomas
Praise the Lord for Tax Exemption Opinion Piece
In an opinion essay Martin A. Larsen and C Stanley Lowell argue that church tax exemptions are archaic and should be reformed. They say exemptions arose for frontier communities and a few dollars could sustain a church, but now churches are large financial enterprises separate from taxpaying entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praise the Lord
Martin A. Larsen & C. Stanley Lowell
Luce
Winderness
Goodell's Nixon Support Drives New York GOP Strategy
In Albany Governor Rockefeller fights for a fourth term amid Democratic Liberal and intra party strains. Goodell's Republican label complicates GOP aims as upstate leaders press candidates to publicly disown him and link Rockefeller to Nixon and Agnew. Arthur Goldberg plans to cast Nixon as a central issue while Vietnam and inflation loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
U.S
Charles E. Goodell
Upstate
Nixon
New York City
Goodell
Arthur J. Goldberg
Spiro Agnew
Vietnam
Goldberg
Voice of Gratitude and Hope in The Banner
A Letter To The Editor proclaims resolve to speak boldly in praise of beauty, goodness, kindness, and joy. It pledges to view offerings with Truthful eyes and free hearts to uplift others toward understanding and the spread of love.
I Will Be Vocal In the Light of Faith and Hope
A public message from Rock R. Rogers in Arlington urges unselfish service to the greater will as the path to learn feel and love God. The statement emphasizes collective devotion and shared spiritual awakening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
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