Secretary Coleman Wrangles Senators Over Concorde Flight
The session shows Secretary William T. Coleman explaining the 16 month Concorde test at Dulles and JFK while senators Beall Buckley and Weicker press on noise standards and funding. Coleman mixes legal wit with clarifications on FAA tests and airport options as he defends the supersonic program.
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Secretary of Transportation
William T. Coleman ,Jr
Dulles
J.F.K
Beall
Maryland
Buckley
New York
Weicker
Connecticut
Concorde
Amtrak
Coleman
Moynihan
Western Maryland
Harvard
Bill
Sen
Nixon
Kissinger
Heath
Pompidou
United States
Senate
Cncorde
Philadelphia
Boston
Newark
Baltimore
Bangor
Maine
Windsor Locks
Conn
Federal Aviation Authority
Pot politics and the case for decriminalizing marijuana
A columnist argues marijuana may be less harmful than cigarettes and alcohol, questions anti-Establishment proscriptions, and urges legalization. He critiques aerosol warnings, urges shifting production to sale on shelves, and predicts stricter controls would follow if public sentiment shifts.
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Surgeon General
National Enquirer
Hardy
Robert L. DuPont
Ford Administration
DuPont
R. J. Reynolds
Liggett & Myers
Parkway plan crushed in referendum by eleven thousand nine hundred
In Vermont the parkway proposal was decisively defeated by a large margin as voters rejected federal ownership of land and rights. Manchester’s Town Meeting used Australian ballot for officer elections yielding a record vote of 723. Arthur R. Rickert was reelected overseer of the poor at Bennington Town Meeting in a four corner contest likely shaping outcomes.
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Vermont
Manchester
Arthur R. Rickert
Bennington
Margaret Dougherty
Dougherty
Sarah Given Larson
Vermont House
Senate
Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Short fuse on long sentences in journalism faces test
Editors warn TV encroachment strains readers and print credibility. Highlights include need for clearer leads, tighter sentences, more background, and stronger local and human interest stories to keep newspapers essential amid TV dominance. Bennington notices, school, and civic items touch on public life and language use.
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The
Times
Comments Decision and Weather Wit from Newspapers
A collection of quotes and aphorisms from various papers including the Columbus Dispatch and Burlington Free Press. Witty lines compare decisiveness to a sharp knife and March weather to a fickle lamb, reflecting commentary style of mid century editorials.
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Washington
Timwy Carter
Quick
Henry
Victor Gold
N.Y. Times
Mr. Terkel
Ralph Nader
Food and Drug Administration
Consumers Union
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Charles B. Seib
Washington Post
Terrel H. Bell
U.S
Bell
Israel
Lyle Erbe
Saul Bellow
Humboldt
Woody Allen
Jimmy Breslin
Washington Star
New York Times
Breslin
Richard R. Dwyer
North Bennington
Bennington School of the Dance
Bennington College
Board of Trustees
Old Bennington
Leo T. Nash
Nash
March
Columbus
Ohio
Dispatch
Burlington Free Press
Our Choice
Barwick
Saxony
Hblarwick Mills
America House
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Druid Hills
Whispering Sands
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