Bennington News Roundup Lays Out Local Happenings
Gas main work on Elm Street nears cement pour as repairs paused by line replacement. A Military Minstrel show at the armory will feature Theodore H. Thomas as interlocutor with an end men lineup. Bennington mothers await nursery opening info from Washington. Sky Line Inn hosts New England Plastic Industry meeting atop Mt Equinox. Alger Hiss seeks remand for second perjury trial to Vermont court. State bar committee urges full studies on prosecutors salaries and homicide powers. A 300-strong crowd greets campaign train as Hoff and others rally at old depot. Grand Union store on North Street adds exterior and interior upgrades. Rescue Squad plans coin-card fund drive. Also noted are Khrushchev Paris stance in 1960 and Nixon Gromyko arms pact in 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Post American Legion
Theodore H. Thomas
Leon H. Boyd
G. Spencer Lee
Clinton Vetal
Robert Shippey
J. Guy Livingston
Reuben Levin
Mt. Equinox
Manchester
New England
Society of the Plastic Industry
Alger Hiss
New York City
U.S. District Court
Vermont
Vermont Bar Association
Grand Union
North Street
Bennington Rescue Squad
If God goefs who pardons Him
The piece decries the use of religion in politics from Eisenhower through Ford, arguing that invoking God to bless policy and pardons cheapens sacred values. It questions whether God can be a partner in political decisions and ends by asking who pardons God, noting William Clancy as the author and editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
America
Nelson
Sears
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
Congress
Jerry Ford
The Myth of Rockefellers Power and Influence
Nicholas von Hoffman argues Nelson Rockefeller reflects a broader Rockefeller power rooted in wealth and philanthropy. He notes Rockefeller foundations influence arts, education, and policy, citing CIA ties and political leverage. The piece critiques perceived detachment of Nelson from lineage power amid Nixon era politics.
Lake of blood in Indochina centennial warning
Reprinted from The Valley News argues the US remains heavily involved in Indochina with 3.7 billion in aid for 1980, most for war. It cites 350000 dead or wounded since the ceasefire, urges visibility on political prisoners, refugees, and ongoing bombing, and recalls a refugee’s “lake of blood and destruction.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indochina
Idochina
U.S
Saigon
Vietnam
Plain of Jars
Learning disabilities in Bennington schools explained
This article explains what learning disabilities are, listing definitions from the U S Health Education and Welfare and describing how these issues affect reading spelling writing math coordination attention and behavior. It notes they are not physical handicaps and previews future coverage of specific disabilities and behaviors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dismal Street Scene Prompting Calls for Crackdown
In St Johnsbury a four inch marijuana plant grew through a crack in the County Court House front steps last Friday night. Vandalism and rowdy behavior on Main Street have residents calling for tougher action by police and the state judiciary to curb the street disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonian
St. Johnsbury
County Court House
Court House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elm Street
D. W. McClelland
Washington
Philip H. Hoff
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Paris
United States
Russia
Nixon
Andrei Gromyko
William Clancy
New York Times
Pittsburgh
Samuel Johnson
Winston Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Rome
Ford
Commonweal
Newsweek
Worldview Magazine
the Oratory
Rockefeller
By Nicholas von Hoffman
John D
Standard Oil
Rockefellers
Pocantico Hills
N.Y
Orson Welles
Rockefeller Center
Radio City Music Hall
William Randolph Hearst
John
D. Rockefeller Sr
Ludlow
Colorado
Rockefeller Power
Myer Katz
Simon & Schuster
New York
Rockefeller Foundation
CIA
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
John Birch Society
Council On Foreign Relations
Commission
Mr. Nixon
Burlington Free Press
By Fred Branfman
The
Valley News
Main St
Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce
Dorothy Depollo
Walker
Master Charge
Bank Americard
Inorth & Adams
Evans’ News Inc
Bennington, Vt
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