Will Canada become part of the United States
A Bennington Banner analysis surveys Canadian views on closer ties with the U S including possible provincial statehood and economic integration. It notes Canadian concerns over cultural identity and defense reliance while highlighting U S media and political factors shaping the debate.
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Canada
United States
Canadian Broadcasting Network
St. Lawrence Seaway
Champlain Waterway
Vermont
U.S
U.S. News and World Report
Britain
America
CBC
Kennedys Seek Senate Seat Fueled by Name Power
Massachusetts politics spawns three young liberals Edward Kennedy Edward McCormack and George Lodge as potential U S Senate contenders. The piece argues Kennedy’s name drives his appeal while noting McCormack’s state office record and Lodge’s Labor Department service.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Edward J. McCormack
George Cabot Lodge
Senate
Kennedy
Jack
McCormack
John
Lodge
Massachusetts
U.S. Senate
Georgia
Ted Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Beacon Hill
Teachers Conventions Dull and Rigged in Opinion Pieces
A Barre school committee member questions mandatory convention attendance as teachers ignore digested agendas. The pieces critique union influence, prewritten motions, and silent floor nontirades, noting dull speeches and self serving organizers. The columns end with assorted quips from Iowa and Wisconsin papers.
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Ipswich
Mass
Burlington
Spain
Vermont
Barre
Kennedy Proposals to Congress Offer Something for Everyone
President Kennedy sent a broad flood of proposals to Congress this year covering old and young people, workers, minorities, and consumers. With 41 items in the State of the Union and 15 follow ups, supporters say they boost his political position even if Congress stalls. Critics warn of expanding federal welfare, but Kennedy argues the government bears general welfare responsibility, a view long held since 1946.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
Mobile home growth and small house ideals in Bennington
Letters discuss Bennington growth toward compact attractive mobile home clusters like The Spruces in Williamstown and the need for thoughtful planning including lawns, water, sewer, recreation, and trees. They praise churches as fitting New England settings and urge high standards guiding outlying small-unit developments for singles and families.
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Banner
Bennington
Banulis
Florida
Williamstown
Schud
Clearwater
Hawks South Street
Catamount
Maul
New Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
New England
Vermont
Florence E. Winchell
Westside Drive
Reader cites Gen eva disarmament conference doubts
A reader to The Banner argues that early skepticism doomed the Geneva disarmament conference and questions whether any outcome is possible. The letter notes public unfamiliarity with long range underground test detection and asks about other nations positions.
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JO Ann Gardner
Williamstown
Mass
Geneva
Mail order catalogs show modern life toward glamour and gadgets
The piece notes how mail order catalogs reflect American life with a shift from necessities to status symbols. It lists luxury beds, pedigreed pets, lawn furniture, decor colors, DIY tools, camping gear, and even a synthetic antique bed canopied with 20th century plastic, ending with the paradox that the one thing catalogs do not sell is a coffin.
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Papa
Mama
Rice as Queen of the South's Planting Era and Its Modern U.S. Output
The article traces rice origins in South Carolina with Henry Woodward’s 1686 seed example and the rise of plantation culture. It notes U.S. annual rice production around 5.4 billion pounds, naming California Arkansas Louisiana and Texas as major producers while Americans eat little rice, and highlights global rice dependence and cultural views on the grain.
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South Carolina
Henry Woodward
Madagascar
Woodward
Tidewater
National Geographic Society
California
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Japan
Asia
Philippines
Indonesia
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Bennington Banner
Bay State
Ben Smith
Newport Hapress
N.E.A
Wwe
Washington (Iowa
DePere
Wis
Journal-Democrat
Indiana Freemason
Snow Valley, Winhall
Resch
James Marlow
Great Britain
North Bennington
Suburbia
Cotton
Rice
South
Africa
South America
Himalayas
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