It's your funeral Hank and the pugilistic literati
A satirical sketch in which Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal duel verbally at a Manhattan party with punches, insults, and mock tall tales. Henry James and peers like William Dean Howells, John L. Sullivan, Edith Wharton, and others are invoked in a mythic, pulp fiction style to mark a fading era of bold literary masculinity. The piece ends noting the decline of two-fisted belles lettres as World War I shifts focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Mailer
Gore Vidal
Manhattan
Mailer
Vidal
James
Mark Twain
Baltimore
William Dean Howells
Howells
Sullivan
Henry
John L. Sullivan
Lillian Russell
Henry James
Taft
Theodore Dreiser
Joseph Conrad
Boston Atheneum
A.E. Housman
England
Fricks
Nellie Melba
Edith Wharton
Alice Roosevelt
West Road Opens to Fillmore Dairy Bar Route
A reader notice describes West Road now open to the Fillmore Dairy Bar offering a pleasant drive to enjoy fine dairy products and light lunches. It mentions a six week contract bridge course at the Girls Club led by Mrs. George C. Cronin of Old Bennington and a talk by Thomas Brockway on what another armistice might mean under the Bennington branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore
George C. Cronin
Old Bennington
Thomas Brockway
Bennington College Social Studies
Bennington
Lavishing time energy and money on outdated education
Quotation from R. Buckminster Fuller criticizing the education system for consuming resources and energy to prepare students for a world that no longer exists. He argues the system interferes with true student education and suggests a misalignment between schooling and current realities.
SALT II talks reveal limits in Carter agenda in 1976
The piece contrasts Carter's campaign rhetoric with the reality of SALT II negotiations. It argues the proposed arms control package caps Soviet missiles at 800 and 308 S-18s, delays testing for three years, and limits cruise missiles and MX deployment. It notes the agreement aims to curb first strike risk but falls short of major reductions and mirrors positions Republicans would have pursued under Ford and Kissinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Senate
U.S
Gerald Ford
Kissinger
Peace for Our Town and Veterans Day Reflections
Herbert W. Lorenz writes from 214 Union St urging peace over bickering on Veterans Day the 59th armistice anniversary and noting next year’s observance on November 11. He cites an Indian prayer about walking in another’s moccasins and signs with address for Letters to the Editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Peace
The Small-Town White House: Carter’s Tolerance of Incompetence
Washington bureau report examines how President Carter appears unusually tolerant of subordinates’ mistakes. Staffers say penalties for errors seem absent, contrasting with expectations from his campaign emphasizing competence and compassion. The piece weighs theories including Rickover’s influence, staff dynamics, and post Watergate sensitivities.
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Washington
White House
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Nixon White House
H.R
Bob) Haldeman
Georgia
Rickover
Berkshire Eagle
Tales of Poultney by Elton Haynes book talk
Poultney Vermont nostalgia dominates a discussion of Tales of Poultney by Elton Haynes. The author recalls growing up where the Poultney River and Lake St Catherine defined the landscape and hints that local elders may share equally vivid memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poultney
Vermont
Elton Haynes
Mr. Haynes
Poultney River
Lake St. Catherine
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Europe
George
Hemingway
Hank
Big John
Tolstoy
New York
Ternational League For Peace and Freedom
Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic Party
Norton Barber
Vermont Council On Education
Montpelier
Albert Burgess
Monument Avenue
Phillip Hoff
Charles G. Harte
Main Streets
Ohio National Guard
Kent State College
Samuel Butler
Mount Holyoke Seminary
Massachusetts
Montana
North Africa
R. Buckminster Fuller
Joseph C. Harsch
Boston
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Moscow
Britain
France
China
India
Henry Kissinger
Bennington Banner
Manchester Ctr
Filic
Main St
Herbert W. Lorenz
Union St
By David S. Broder
Hyman Rickover
Admiral Rickover
Grand Union
United Counseling Service
Hunter's Specia
By Joan Kimball
Foxfire Four
Kovels
Joan Kimball
Hammond
Wirty
Main Street
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