The Castro connection
A 1977 opinion piece weighs the costs and benefits of renewing full US Cuba ties. It argues that normal relations hinge on Cuban troop withdrawals from Africa and an end to Soviet use of Cuba, while noting potential gains like markets, loans, and skilled Cuban migrants alongside risks from illegal immigration and subsidy dynamics. Castro remains a central global figure whose removal from power would alter regional influence. The article concludes that a cautious, stepwise approach may suit both nations without rushing back to pre Castro relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Africa
Castro
U.S
United States
Fischetti Entertainment Teas Pictured at Methodist Church
A silver tea hosted by the Young Women's Club of the Methodist Church featured piano students of Geneva Mantle and string students of Franz Lorenz. Notables Olive Pitkin Ruth Ann Shaw Hazel Beals John Allen and Joseph Schaaf performed as part of the program. Two trout, displayed in Endress Cigar Store window, drew crowd attention. One brown trout weighed about two pounds and the other Lochleven trout weighed six pounds eight ounces.
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Young Women’s Club
The
Methodist Church
Geneva Mantle
Franz Lorenz
Olive Pitkin
Ruth Ann Shaw
Hazel Beals
John Allen
Joseph Schaaf
Douglas Harris
Endress
Warren A. Leonard
John N
Looking Back Leonard Returns to Vermont After World Trip
A Kenneth Leonard style note recalls a world journey ending with a warm return to Bennington Vermont. Reports of a joyful voyage and relief at being back in home state.
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Leonard
Bennington
Vermont
Columbia Should Offer Kissinger Post, Reader Endorses
In a controversial stance a Columbia reader argues the university should invite Henry Kissinger to teach, contending higher education must allow unpopular views and that denying him a post would betray academic freedom, despite protests labeling his actions during the Vietnam era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Noam Chomsky
MIT
Kennedy
Johnson
University
Rockefellers
NBC
Chase Manhattan Bank
America
White House
Letter to The Banner on 1960s riots and patriot marches
The writer recalls 1960s upheaval and mass marches on Washington seeking to alter government. He notes most demonstrations aimed to overturn the system, with one exception described as patriots assembling in the capital to show the country and world their position on atomic energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bacon
Manchester
England
Main Street
Banner Building
Ruskin
Leon Wagner
Bennington
Washington, D.C
Washington
Seabrook Riots Highlight Radical Threat to Free Government
Bridport letter writer Frank L. Cutler warns that Seabrook NH demonstrations signal a nationwide radical push against atomic energy and national production. He claims radicals traveled from coast to coast, claim they may return with 25000, and urges broad public support to resist what he calls a planned, potentially violent campaign.
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Seabrook
New Hampshire
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Joseph C. Harsch
Boston
Havana
Andrew Young
Angola
Zaire
Senor Castro
Moscow
Mexico
Caribbean
Miami
Christian Science Publishing Society
Fischetti
President Carter
Leah (Moon) Cook
Brant Ditmore
Reed Moninger
New York
Yankees
Red Sox
Art Museum
First National Bank
Bennington Civil Defense Corps
William Travers Jerome
B.S. Langton
Manchester, Vt
Clara May Hemenway
Dutch West Indies Trading Co
Island of
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Bismarck
Greenland
Iceland
Nixon
Kosygin
Henry
Walt Rostow
Dean Rusk
Adolf
Vietnam
Khmer Rouge
Cambodia
FBI
N.H
Oregon
Bridport
Frank L. Cutler
Feuer
Chittenden
Chittenden Loan
Asl
FDIC
Arlington
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