The Superachiever and the New Hedonism in America
A 1976 column contrasts the "superachiever" ideal with old work ethic, using Sen Proxmire and public figures like Dulles Kissinger and Kennedy to illustrate relentless self multiplication. It questions a culture of multi talent perfection and pervasive hedonism while urging focus on essential tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Sen. Proxmire
Clark Kents
America
Christian Science Publishing Society
Election of John Spargo Honored by Twain Society
Cyril Clemens announces the honorary membership of John Spargo of Old Bennington in the International Mark Twain Society citing outstanding contributions to political literature. Other notes include a barn fire on Weeks Street damaging a garage, village tax at 2.40, St Pat’s Variety Show at the state armory with 70 cast, and local planning, zoning, and school board actions in Bennington and North Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Spargo
Old Bennington
Mark Twain Society
Cyril Clemens
St. Patrick’s
Catholic Daughters
State Armory
ZBA
Prospect School
West and
Park Streets
North
Bennington
RSVP Letters Call for Support of Retired Senior Volunteers
In Bennington area letters urge readers to support RSVP, noting volunteers donate time for community needs. Pleas include funding to cover transportation costs and local obligations, with a $2,000 annual allocation ending March 31. Readers encouraged to send contributions to RSVP at 219 Ben Mont Ave. Bennington. A second letter requests reillumination of a lit monument for bicentennial celebration, hoping the beacon be floodlit again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RSVP
Rsvp Advisory Council
Ben Mont Ave
Bennington
Shires of Bennington
Kissinger at the Ritz Faces Political Tab Charges
Reagan asks the FEC to charge Kissinger’s Boston political attack expenses to Ford for President. The piece questions Kissinger’s costly retinue at the Ritz Carlton, cites leaks by Roy Atherton and Hal Saunders, and accuses Kissinger of deception while Ford’s integrity is called into question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Reagan
Federal Election Commission
Henry A. Kissinger
Boston
Reagan
Ford
Kissinger
Ritz-Carlton
State Department
Roy Atherton
Hal Saunders
Henry Kissinger
Foreign Policy Magazine
Atherton
Rubashov
Ford Administration
A Whiff of Stevenson in American Politics
The piece laments the absence of a conscience-driven leader in US politics while praising Mike Mansfield and Adlai Stevenson. It notes Mansfield’s decades of service and Stevenson’s enduring influence, arguing that a figure like Stevenson could elevate public discourse and inspire candidates to seek higher ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
New York
Mike Mansfield
United States Senate
Montana
Adlai Stevenson
Congress of the United States
Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
Senate
United States
Hugh Scott
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Wilson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Illinois
John Bartlow Martin
Stevenson
Hugh Gaitskell
Britain
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John Foster Dulles
Hollywood
Bill Blass
Vidal Sassoon
Jacqueline Onassis
Scarlatti
Wanda Landowska
Julia Child
People Magazine
Caroline Kennedy
Steve Ford
Lina Wertmuller
Gore Vidal
Himalayas
Amazon
Beter Felopulos
Weeks Street
Tut
Hoosick Falls
Board of Education
Charles A. Traphagen
James Moore
Vermont Highway Department
Gesell
BSD Inc
New York City
John Holland
Staten Island
N.Y
Luther Gulick
Lake Sebago
Maine
William Howard Taft
National Cemetery
Arlington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany
Austria
U.S. Navy
U.S. Supreme Court
the Banner
The
Ritz
Washington
Stimson
Dulles
Rusk
O— Saunders
CIA
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
U.S
Saunders
Joseph C. Harsch
Mansfield
Mike
U.S. Marine Corps
Canyon Paradise
Fen
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Sunrise
Lae
Ted
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