Post Office reform faces rough road in Congress
A Washington tale about Postmaster General Blount delivering his reorganization plan by hand hints at Congress adjournment hurdles. The piece notes repeated failed reforms, resistance from patronage allies, and union leverage. It argues public pressure may push action on postal efficiency and costs.
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Washington
Blount
Post Office Department
Nixon
Congress
Post Office
Agne
Pony Express
Massachusetts
Africa
Polynesia
Japan
Uganda
Father Dwyer
Elmira
Hazel
Bennington Banner The Daily Vermont Newspaper
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corp at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. It serves Bennington and surrounding communities with local news, events, weather and notices throughout the week.
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The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Bennington Forum Highlights State Tax Administration Costs
Editor notes John DeVito grilled Vermont officials on sales tax admin costs at a public forum. Tax Commissioner Wright estimated a $376,000 budget to handle a $9.5 million sales tax in 1970, later adjusted to four cents rather than one tenth of that amount. Also discussed welfare notice signatories and local representation.
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Bennington
John DeVito
Vermont
The
Public Forum
Lawrence Wright
Wright
DeVito
Mt. Anthony Country Club
John J. Wackerman
Sharp Questions in Congress The Decline of the Pentagon
The article argues that Congressional power over the Pentagon is rising as critics denounce wasteful spending and questionable procurement. It notes shifts from the Eisenhower era, the influence of leaders like Russell and Rivers, and growing doubt after Vietnam and Cuba.
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Pentagon
Richard Russell
Georgia
Mendel Rivers
South Carolina
Armed Services and Appropriations Committees
State Department
Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs
Gent
George H. Mahon
Texas
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Cuba
Ken
Nedy
Johnson
Rusk
McNamara
Houses of
Letters to the Editor on posters, ABM debate and thanks
A Bennington editor’s page prints reader letters about sending ski posters to a son in Vietnam and a Poppy Day thanks. Other letters discuss ABM deployment, urging congress to defend the nation, citing Apollo spending and urging readers to contact senators. C Douglas Cairns of Burlington adds views on national defense and citizen engagement.
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Aiken
Prouty
Sen. Aiken
Sen. Mansfield
Sen. Prouty
White House
Soviet Union
Congress
C. Douglas Cairns
Privilege Questioned Over William H Morse River Change
A reader from 114 Congress Street questions public approval for William H Morse's weekend river alteration. Expresses concern that Morse profits from gravel sales without a permit and hopes the state does not reward him for the action.
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William H. Morse
Mr. Morse
Vermont Referendum on Constitutional Convention Urged
Esther Sorrell urges Vermonters to vote Yes on the June 3 referendum seeding a Constitutional Convention with 180 delegates. She argues a Yes vote preserves people’s power against senators and outlines implications for future amendments, referencing Town Meetings and long polling timelines.
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Vermont
Esther Sorrell
Hickok PI
Burlington
Saints Go Marching Out Shock in Annapolis Column
A reader laments Vatican II era changes removing saints from worship and critiques the papal and press response. The piece catalogs saints banished or questioned, jokes about saints tied to modern life, and ends with a plan to cut Peter’s Pence while praising remaining patron saints.
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Pope John
Vatican II
Ursula
Valentine
George
Boniface
Symphrosa
Barbara
St. Jude
St. Anthony
St. Dymphna
St. Raphael
St. Ives
St. Genesius
St. Thomas More
St. Christopher
Peter
Romney Gains Backing for Housing Drive in Bad Weathered Floor
The article reports George Romney facing boos at a building trades conference while pushing the Operation Breakthrough housing plan to pool urban housing needs into a mass market. It notes bipartisanship in Congress with Hart's labor-saving tech amendment and Goldwater's bill to outlaw boycotts on prefabricated materials, plus Thurmond and Gurney proposals. It cites Chicago Mayor Daley's arrangement with unions to build modular homes at $18,000 each with $350 down, illustrating cross-party support for prefab housing.
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George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
Building Trades
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Romney
Building Trades Unions
Nixon
Aflcio
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Congress
Capitol Hill
United Front
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Hart
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Ed Gurney
Florida
Thurmond
Gurney
Senate
National Federation of Independent Business
Mayor Daley
Chicago
Dick Daley
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Commission On Postal Organization
Bennington Banner
Gov. Davis
North Bennington
Ken Wild
Rutland Hearld
Fischetti
By James Reston
New York Times News Service
Moscow
Peking
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sen. Russell
Cliff
Saigon
Snow
Mount Snow Development Corp
Ruth Appledorn
Harwood Hill
American Legion Auxiliary
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Quinlan’s Drug Store
Shaffe’s Men’s Shop
Bennington Police Dept
WBTN
Adelaide Jacquith
Rena Riley
Dorothy Johnson
Carolyn Clark
Natalie Cross
Emily Luther
Mary Cone
Martha H. Roy
Albert T, Ray
Congress St
Banner
Saints
Annapolis, Md
St. Patrick
Rolls - Royce
John Cardinal Krol
Pierre Jounel
Vatican
St. Pudentian
Baltimore
H.L. Mencken
Balfour & Co
Attleboro
St. Nicholas
Susanna
Daniel
Edward Bennett Williams
Gideon
Rome
St. Susanna’s Church
Father Diamond
John Chamberlain
New York
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