Editorial on medical costs and national health insurance
The piece condemns rising hospital charges nearing 100 dollars a day and argues for broadening health insurance through a Kennedy plan to cover all citizens, funded by payroll and income taxes, while noting flaws like doctor shortages. It also questions the space program, favoring unmanned missions and urging rational budgeting and focus on practical, instrumented space research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Kennedy
United States
Oscar Ewing
Truman
Congress
Thomas Gold
Cornell
Center For Radiophysics and Space Research
Dr. Gold
James A. van Allen
Space
Letters on education and student motivation in The Banner
A letter expresses unrest with education methods. The writer questions mandatory long schooling, motivates concerns about fear of parental comparison, and critiques grade focus. The piece highlights pressure from grades to determine perceived intelligence and calls for reevaluating bonus for straight A students.
Education without fear in Summerhill style schools
The author argues that education benefits when students lack fear of elders, citing Summerhill Melbourne High School Whitcomb High and Mount Anthony as examples. Teachers should foster trust and happiness, not coercive pressure, as students in Whitcomb voluntarily fund their own chemistry labs and otherwise seek learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerhill
Melbourne High School
Whitcomb High
Bethel
Whitcomb
Mount Anthony
No Justice in East Germany and U S Politics
A letter writer argues East Germany’s system under Soviet influence shows brutal control, with 250 East Germans killed fleeing the regime and Mark Huessy jailed for seven years. He mocks hopes for legal justice and cites Wolfgang Vogel as ineffective. The page also carries a Vermont political letter urging support for Senator Prouty, praising Nixon and warning against out of state influence, and a note from a Mount Anthony graduate urging school students to pursue education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Huessy
Wolfgang Vogel
Vermont
Massachusetts
Hoff
Charley McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Bergen
Chappaquiddick
Nixon
Sen. Prouty
Senator Prouty
Fergus and Finley Start School for Dogs
Fergus and Finley begin obedience lessons under Mrs. Avis Hurley. Fergus cries at first amid distractions from puppies and big dogs but gains confidence with practice and crowd exposure. Finley remains more anxious, yet improves slowly. Next week will show if Finley learns as Fergus did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus
Finley
Mailgrams and the new speed of mail by free enterprise
A column notes Western Union and the Post Office collaborate on mailgrams as a faster, cheaper alternative to telegrams. Telex to post office delivery could reach major cities in hours, with $1.10 for 50 words, backed by Red Blount and Western Union. Aims include interconnection with telephone networks, labor union considerations, and FCC and Post Office cooperation to span the three techs: telephone, telegraph, and written delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Union
Winton Blount
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Red Blount
Los Angeles
San Francisco
The
Post Office
U.S
Boston
Newark
Washington
Detroit
Miami
Seattle
Charlotte
N.C
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Dallas
Denver
Kansas City
Blount
Joe Doakes
Portland
Maine
Ore
Russell McFall
Federal Communications Commission
Postal
United Telegraph Workers
Communications Workers of America
Rumors of Margaret and Townsend marriage resurface
A 15 year old rumor claims Princess Margaret and RAF hero Peter Townsend may wed. The tale echoes across memories of royal romance and wartime figures as communities note revived whispers and old headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Margaret
RAF
Peter Townsend
Bennington
Alda Frances Pellerin
Gage Street
Roger Squires Cole
North Bennington
Shaftbury Grange Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Earth
Moon
Democrats Proxmire
Wisconsin
Mondale
Minnesota
Case
New Jersey
Javits
NASA
Mars
AUTO
Johnny
Daddy
Billy
East Germany
the Banner
Berlin Wall
U.S.A
Mark Huessy
Mark
Karlis Lusis
Depot St
Chester
Edward J. Donnis
William G. Harmon
Norwich University Northfield
Clancy's
Avis Hurley
Banner Building
Banner
Bev
Pierre Laval
Petain
Plymouth
North Bennington H.S
Clarence F. Amsden
Old Peters Farm
Jake Fleagle
Missouri
Colorado
Jack
Diamond
Monticello
Williamstown
Bennington Girls Club
Abe Noveck
Atwater Kent Radio
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