Money Rolls in as Donors Help Campaigns in 60.2 Million Total
A column exposes large political donations to Nixon era committees, naming ambassadors and major donors from Henry E. Catto Jr. to John W. Gardner. It highlights Rosemary Woods records, Rockefeller gifts rising to 200,000, and tens of millions in contributions before reform laws. The piece remarks on moneyed influence and cites examples from Getty, Stone, Hammer, and others, concluding with a satirical ballad line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Irwin
France
Arthur K. Watson
Nixon
Ireland
Raymond R. Guest
Shelby Davis
Switzerland
Walter Annenberg
England
Kingdon Gould
Washington
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Hugh Sloan
Maurice Stans
Herbert Kalmbach
Rosemary Woods
Rockefeller
Nelson
Laurance
Abby
John III
West Virginia Wesleyan College
John IV
J. Paul Getty
United States
W. Clement Stone
Donald Kendall
Pepsi
Russia
Armand Hammer
Occidental Petroleum
Calvin Kevens
Florida
Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy
Charles Colson
Robert Vesco
C. Arnholt Smith
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Howard Hughes
Dewitt Wallace
Clare Booth Luce
John Connally
Thelma
Peter J. Sprague
North Adams
Marion Street
Congress
Manhattan
Editor recalls J W Gitt and the Gazette legacy
Letter to The Banner recounts Josiah William Gitt, 89, who died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Gitt owned York Pennsylvania Gazette and Daily from 1915 to 1970, reshaping local journalism with controversial stances on politics, civil rights, and the Vietnam War, while the staff writer joined in 1968 after Gitt retired to his farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah William Gitt
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Gitt
Gazette
York
Penn
J.W
Daily
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Kissinger
The
Vietnam
Josiah Gitt
Washington Post
Gazette and Daily
York County
Pearson
Thheme
U.S
New York Times
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Berkshire Eagle
Banner
Massachusetts
J.W.”’ Gitt
Post- Watergate
post-Agnew
Eagle
Bennington
John Leaning
Gazette staffing and turbulence in Hanover Pennsylvania
Reflections recount a local newspaper, the Gazette, under C W Gitt and J W’s guiding philosophy. It notes fire bombs at the Gazette building during York's 1968 69 unrest, Klan torching copies, and arrests of reporters before dismissals. Hiring tied to belief in the Sermon on the Mount and the Declaration of Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Penn
C.W. Gitt
Jim Higgins
Boston University School of Journalism
J.W
Gazette
York
Ku Klux Klan
Yes
Pennsylvania
Banner
J.W.”’ Gitt
Hoover
Halloween Parade Plans by Bennington Chamber of Commerce
Forty years ago the Bennington Chamber of Commerce planned a Halloween parade for Tuesday night October 31 if committee plans at a special meeting materialize. The event aimed to interest all ages in the community, not just children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Chamber of Commerce
Vermont
Chester M. Kirby
Riverside Cafe
Main Street
Walter Burrington
William Burrington
Edgar Merchant
Chancery Court
Bennington County
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Henry W. Putnam
George H. Plumb
State Fish and Game Board
Philip H. Hoff
Notable dates mark early American history eventful years
On this date the Maryland Pennsylvania boundary was settled in 1767, the first intercollegiate football rules were drafted in 1873, and in 1959 Russia claimed first far side moon photos. In 1969 Smith and Carlos faced suspension for protest at Mexico City Games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Yale
Princeton
Rutgers
Columbia
Russia
Tommie Smith
John Carlos
Mexico City
The Question for Appalachia in the Seventies
William Pelfrey questions whether Appalachian youth can maintain initiative amid church aid groups and government food programs. He likens the situation to Vietnam, asking if locals will resist external influence or drift toward alien loyalties as outsiders offer aid and opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachia
Vietnam
Detroit City
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Henry E. Catto Jr
el Salvador
Henry
Oveta Culp Hobby
GOP
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hobby
Houston Post
Ruth Farkas
Tiny
Chas Payson
Mets
Virginia Horse Country
Mary Wiley
John W. Gardner
Common Cause
Chatham
As ‘Ks
Mason-Dixon Line
David A. McConkey
North Andover
Mass
Chestnut St
Bon Viaks
William Pelfrey
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams, Mass
Famous Brand
Mon
Bank Americard
Roberts
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