Government urged to expand food aid amid hunger crisis
Bennington Banner notes Secretary Orville Freeman calls for more funding and authority to feed the poor. It cites the Citizens' Board of Inquiry finding 30 million below poverty line, only 5.4 million in major food programs, and many counties with no aid. School lunches reach only a third of needy children. Part of the trouble is resistance.
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Orville L. Freeman
America
United States
Citizens’ Board of Inquiry
Hunger and Politics and Federal Food Programs
A citizens board report criticizes federal surplus-commodity and food stamp programs for failing to meet needs, especially in the South. It blames congressional influence by agricultural interests for underfunding and hobbling programs, urging action by Secretary Freeman to bypass politics and feed the hungry.
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Citizens’ Board
Mississippi
U.S. Senate
House
Freeman
Memorial Day observances and Willow Park debate
The editorial notes dignified Memorial Day ceremonies in Bennington and nearby communities. It urges quick resolution of Willow Park on the Town Farm and supports timely construction. It also covers MAUHS in the state baseball championship, calls for fair debate among candidates, and urges further public forums across Vermont on key issues.
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Park Commission
New Willow Park
Park Commissioners
Willow Park
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Windsor
Mauhs
Sens
Kennedy
McCarthy
California
Humphrey
Vermont
Oakes
Davis
Daley
Montpelier
FBI Links Reds or Black Nationalists to King's Assassination
The FBI's sprawling probe into Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder widens as agents study whether communists or black nationalists influenced the case. Suspect James Earl Ray remains abroad or deceased, while new tips from TV viewers prompt questions about King's speeches and possible ghostwriters tied to the Civil Rights era.
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Dr. King
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Martin Luther King
James Earl Ray
U.S
King
Memphis
Alabama
Detroit
Ous
J. Edgar Hoover
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Ray
Mexico
Canada
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
CIA
Cuba
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ralph Abernathy
SCLC
Ramsey Clark
Resurrection City
Abernathy
Sparks From the Forge The Causes Of Crime
Local commentary rail s at Gov Hoff Attorney General Oakes and Langrock of Middlebury calling policing a rising police state. Critiques Lucian satire as defense of liberty while warning against centralized executive power and rising law enforcement. References Langrock remarks New Yorker Columbia issue and Irving Babbitt on humanitarian legalism and imperial decay.
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Lucian
Rhadamanthus
New Yorker
Columbia
Grayson Kirk
Kirk
Hoff
Gen
Oakes
Atty
Irving Babbitt
Babbitt
Reform Must Come De Gaulle Hopes Popular Fear of Anarchy
Paris analysis weighs whether Charles de Gaulle can survive the June referendum and stave off violence that could topple him and threaten Europe. The piece argues two currents shape France, departs from past crises, and questions de Gaulle’s ability to steer reform through mass participation amid risk of upheaval.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
Europe
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
post-De Gaulle
London
Daniel Cohn- Bendit
Germany
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