The Company novel upends Nixon era secrets in fiction
A 385 page roman a clef by John Ehrlichman portrays a CIA chief who kills a man tied to a Caribbean invasion, then steers a president toward control. The plot infers a White House spy network and covert surveillance, raising questions about real life presidential orders and CIA leverage.
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Senate Intelligence Subcommittee
United States
John Ehrlichman
Nixon
Simon and Shuster
Central Intelligence
Carribbean Island
CIA
White House
Ehrlichman
New Mexico
Richard Monckton
National Security Adviser
Oval Office
Looking Back building of the Bennington courthouse
The text weighs in on a controversial courthouse project with 63 against and 49 in favor referenced as potential fiction. It questions a man’s motives and accuses him of self-serving doubt while denying hard evidence. The speaker cites an uncertain novelistic defense by Ehrlichman.
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Bennington
Bennington Notes and Local Happenings Highlight Season and Commerce
A Bennington bulletin covers a range of items from media critique and cattle milk rankings to Christmas street decorations and town meetings. It notes Edgar V. Senecal leading the Mount Anthony Dairy Herd Improvement Assn in October, a committee raising funds for holiday adornments, a town meeting approving trail building in Manchester, and a police balloons incident. Also reported are deer season license rush with Town Clerk Mary Hodeck taking in 7,189.50, and local hunters pursuing larger game in Newfoundland obtaining caribou and a moose.
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Edgar V. Senecal
West Bennington
Mount Anthony
Harold Best
Bennington
Leo Kelly
Frank Street
Ronny
Falls Church
Newfoundland
Mary Hodeck
Television as a billboard and trash in the era of TV
An essay critiques television as marketing. It argues networks chase ratings and trashy content, blames government and industry for shaping TV as ubiquitous billboards. The piece defends some trash as harmless and notes entertainment contrasts with commercial aims.
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Rasselas
Erewhom
Nielsen
Fred Allen
Court appointment and Betty Ford impact on the Supreme Court
In this 1975 commentary, Erwin D. Canham argues President Ford should weigh wisdom and legal experience over sex in selecting a Supreme Court justice. He notes women are increasingly qualified and urges a universally acclaimed pick, reflecting on Justice Douglas’s graceful retirement and the court’s legacy. He cautions against politicized choices like a CIA-related pick attributed to Bush.
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Ford
Supreme Court
Betty Ford
New York University
George Bush
CIA
Douglas
Hughes
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Justice Holmes
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Washington
Aldous Huxley
Simone de Beauvoir
New York
North Adams
Mt. Anthony Union
Howard F. Kelley
Vermont
Panama
Panama Canal
Pacific
Charles Conrad
Alan Bean
Wall Street Journal
American Legion Magazine
Vivitar
Ino
E Records
Main Street
Turkey
Madkour
Main ST
Erwin D. Canham
Boston
Senate
Christian Science Publishing Society
Catamount National Bank
F.d.1.c
Bennington Area
New Hampshire
Senior Citizen Center
BenMont Avenue
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
NEW Nampshire
NEW Wampshire
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