Fathers lose place in family myth despite use of words
A 1975 meditation on fatherhood traces how fathers are portrayed as remote providers or fragile figures. It surveys literary and social commentary from Donald Barthelme to John Leonard and Angus Campbell, noting the shift toward nurturing roles, voluntary childlessness, and the paradox of freedom versus duty in modern fatherhood.
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Santa Claus
Farrar
Donald Barthelme
Esquire
John Leonard
Leonard
University of California
Fred Weinstein
Gerald M. Platt
Village Voice
Angus Campbell
Institute For Social Research
University of Michigan
Thanksgiving Day Reflections From The Banner Letter
Letters To The Editor discuss Thanksgiving Day proclaimed by the President as a time to give thanks to God for blessings, while noting that some may struggle to feel gratitude despite the annual holiday.
Thanksgiving amid sorrow and gratitude in hardship
A reflective prose piece asks how to give thanks amid worklessness illness and death in a year of grief. It urges comparing hardships to others yet承 acknowledges personal loss and faith. The unnamed author quotes a prayer and cites Herbert W. Lorenz of 214 Union St as the source or contributor.
Henry Ford era humor fades as power wanes and wariness grows
The piece recalls tense moments at Rambouillet and Mildenhall showing Ford era power fatigue. It notes Kissinger seating, Richardson snubs, and Moynihan clashes. It analyzes Maine lobster and coho salmon raising under thermal discharge, plus British reactions to U N criticism and Ivor Richard’s sharp attack.
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Rambouillet
Ford
Kissinger
William Seidman
Mildenhall
England
Elliot Richardson
Ron Nessen
Henry
Richardson
Maine
Gerry Towle
Puget Sound
Sheepscot River
Central Maine Power Co
Wiscasset
California State University At
San Diego
San Diego Gas & Electric Co
Carlsbad
United Nations
Ivor Richard
Callaghan
America
U.N
New York City
Idi Amin
Israel
Richard
Pat Moynihan
Oriana Fallacci
Moynihan
White House
Richard Cheney
Salzburg
Indira Gandhi
India
Gerald Ford
Gift From Maryland Brings Large Portrait To Local Museum
Bennington Historical Museum receives a near century old oil painting a portrait of Nathan Baldwin Haswell from a Maryland donor. Other notes recount a deer duel of monarchs in Searsburg mountain and political quips about Moynihan Kissinger and Ford. Electric outages touch Arlington Sandgate Crescent Boulevard gains new telephone service. 1965 updates include Manchester town office bid Mt Anthony Union High School ground breaking and historical closures.
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Bennington
Arlington
Sandgate
Gordon Hard
Crescent Boulevard
New England Telephone’ and Telegraph Co
Norman Construction Co
Manchester
Mt. Anthony Union High School
George A. Fuller Co
Boston
Prayer of thanksgiving to the editor of The Banner
A brief verse from Helena Shevlen Moore of Sweet Brook Nursing Home Williamstown Massachusetts expresses gratitude for fair days night wind whispered lanes birches and marriage vows then contrasts with the world’s bitterness Judas’s kiss and thanks to the Lord for dreams Weathered by a nursing home resident still cherishing vows and beauty
Thanksgiving Hymn to Gratitude and Refugee Courage
A devotional meditation expressing thanks for blessings and urging charity and perseverance. It honors gratitude to God, memory of pilgrim voices, and the refugee spirit, praising steadfast courage and unity. It envisions annual commemorations of Thanksgiving with praise.
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Union St
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New York
Christian Science Monitor
William Rogers
James Callaghan
Pat
Amin
Wyatt Earp
WTAW
College Station
Tex
Texas
Texas A&m
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Dallas
Arlington National Cemetery
Tom Hopkinson
Centre For Journalism Studies
University College
Cardiff
Wales
the Banner
Helena Shevlen Moore
Sweet Brook Nursing Home
Williamstown, Mass
Fischettt
Agi
Vermont
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