Stamp out bumper stickers from a era of excess
A critical essay condemns bumper stickers as ugly disruptive public noise that intrudes on privacy and civility. It argues political and religious decals reveal a crude, aggressive society and compares them to loudspeakers, urging restraint and polite behavior amid divisive issues. The piece notes First Amendment rights but questions their social utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Black Hills
Dakota Territory
Jesus
Missouri
Texas
Watergate tapes and Nixon innocence claim analyzed
Transcripts presented to the House Judiciary Committee address what the President knew and when, detailing the response to the Watergate cover up after John W. Dean III’s March 21 meeting. The material argues for a swift and just conclusion to the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Judiciary Committee
John W. Dean
Dean
Nixon
Camp David
Richard G. Kleindienst
White House
Senate
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Watergate
Tuition cuts and new programs for Vermont colleges announced
The Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees aims to broaden access by reducing in state tuition from 720 to 620 dollars for Fall 1974 at Castleton Lyndon Johnson Vermont Technical. They plan more career oriented courses and maintain aid programs. The message urges colleges to publicize the cut and opportunities to Vermonters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees of
Vermont State Colleges
Vermont
Community College
Castleton State College
Johnson State College
Lyndon State College
Vermont Technical College
Red Gate Shadow Puppets At Theatre Guild
Looking Back notes the Theatre Guild presenting the Red Gate Shadow Puppets in Bennington with color transparent figures lit behind gauze. Miss Pauline Benton along with Lee Ruttle and Clarence Jordan introduced the traditional Chinese shadow puppets to the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre Guild
Red Gate
Pauline Benton
China
Lee Ruttle
Clarence Jordan
Bennington Municipal Band
Major Brown
North St
Readsboro
F. A. Walsh
Deerfield Valley Hospital
Walsh
Divorce Compared To War War Analogy By Pat Loud
Pat Loud writes in Family Weekly that their divorce felt like telling front line troops the war was over rather than like a visit from the angel of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Major
Arlington
Manchester
Manchester Center
Manchester Depot
Carol Goddard
Dick Garant
Dick LaBarge
Jean Barber
Pat Davis
Lucille Roy
Suzi Hinchliffe
Beverly Petrelis
Majorie Hicks
Judy Beach
Louise Knapp
Barbara Mackey
Ann Campbell
Peggy Jewett
Marjorie Richings
Pat Gray
Angel of Death
Pat Loud
Family Weekly
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George F. Will
Washington Post
Washington
Lurie
By Dean Burch
N.Y. Times
Vermont College
William G. Craig
Vermont State College
S. Prospect St
Burlington
Re Antoah
Sandy Baker
C. Hughes
North
County Streets
Rte
Bennington
Judiciary Committee
Dean Burch
Woodford
Carolyn Landon
Merrill Landon
Hicks Corners
Randolph Center
U.S. Treasury Department
Janet Gaynor
Emil Jannings
U.S
Thailand
Laos
G. Bradford Cook
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Robert Vesco
Heenev
Kis
South ST
Williams Co-Op
Spring St
Williamstown, Mass
Ier
SE Restaurant
Northside Drive
Heritage House
Evans’ News Inc
Main St
Bennington, Vt
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