Would you want Anita as a role model
A reflective piece on Anita Bryant and the role model idea in teaching. The author recalls Miami debates about homosexual teachers influencing children, notes spinster stereotypes, and recalls male and female teachers, some openly queer, in a personal coming of age. The piece muses on sexuality in schools, memory, and the author’s own mixed lessons from teachers and role models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Bryant
Miami
Miss Bryant
Anita
Herbert Hoover
Vermont utilities target ratepayers with public relations push
A letter to The Banner argues Vermont utilities spend on propaganda to sway public opinion. It cites a pro nuclear pamphlet in bills, the This Atomic World program in high schools, funding to defeat California energy initiatives, a Wall Street Journal nuclear ad, and local municipal power feasibility debates. The author urges letters to Editor be signed and limited to 200 words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
California
Wall Street Journal
Vermont Yankee
Public pays for power propaganda hearing urged in Vermont
Vermont utilities spend estimated up to a quarter of a million dollars annually on public relations charged to electric customers. A PSB hearing Friday July 1 will decide who pays for a pro nuclear brochure distributed last year by Central Vermont Public Service to over 94 000 customers. VPIRG and other energy groups urge curbing utility advertising costs.
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Vermont Public Service Board
PSB
Vermont
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Vermont Public Interest Research Group
VPIRG
Safe Energy Groups
State
Mondale says his role as Carter’s adviser grows daily
In a candid interview Mondale portrays a close working bond with Carter, sharing in decisions on Mideast policy and domestic planning. He emphasizes his active, influential position at the President’s elbow, noting progress on government reorganization, an energy package, and plans for a DOE. He stresses ongoing learning and close access to congressional leaders.
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Carter- Mondale
Mondale
The
Monitor
Carter
Mideast
West Coast
Congress
Washington
Department of Energy
Johnson
Department of Transportation
DOE
Congressional
Thompson son joins president's own United States Marine Band
Looking Back recalls Charles W. Thompson Jr leaving Elm Street for Washington to join the U S Marine Corps Band, the nation’s oldest military band. Other items note a growing National Youth Administration playground attendance, Vermont Rural Letter Carriers Association convention, a high school union plan, Skidmore alumnae weekend, St Josephs Business School diplomas, remarks by Gov Hoff on rural development, a Sacred Heart picnic, Williamstown Theatre season, Ada Kepley’s 1870 law degree milestone, and 1930s and 1950s national events.
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Charles W. Thompson Jr
C.W. Thompson
Elm Street
Washington
United States Marine Corps Band
National Youth Administration
Joseph Pello
Forrest Rowe
Rachel Fowler
Mary Pierce
Vermont Rural Letter Carriers Association
Bennington
George D. Aiken
Union High School
George W. Buck
J. Goodall Hutton
Fritz Carl Dillmann
Dorset
Skidmore College
Saratoga
St. Joseph’s Business School
Mt. Anthony Country Club
David H. Bain
National Carbon Co
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New York
Richard Saudek
Whitey Bluestein
Vermont Public Interest Research Group Inc
State St. Montpelier
onsaTen
Sion
Pamaant
Greater Bennington
Humphrey
Agnew
Nixon
Rockefeller
Ford
Mr. Mondale
Christian Science Publishing Society
Canada
McGuinness Distlleries
Fleischmann Distilling Company
New Hyde Park
Philip H. Hoff
Portland
Maine
Albany
N.Y
Sacred Heart Family
BCHS
Joseph Wiseman
CSC
Williamstown
Ibsen
Ada Kepley
Law School Union College of Law
Chicago
Albert Fall
Harry Sinclair
Edward Doheny
Wyoming
Japan
South Korea
By Scholl
Marra's
North ST
Dick Torrey
Prop
Frankforts Swifts
Walker’ S Mane
Piachet
Bennington, VT
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