Mondale Book Challenges Presidential Power In US Politics
Mondale’s outline in The Accountability of Power argues Congress must reclaim authority from the presidency to prevent a dangerous executive ascendancy. He presses for stronger cabinets, budget reform, parliamentary question periods, and debates, while criticizing Nixon era abuses and Ford’s pardon. The piece notes Mondale’s former vice presidential bid and timing around Carter’s campaign.
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Lyndon Johnson
George Reedy
Washington
Congress
Guess
Walter F. Mondale
McKay
Madison Square Garden
Jimmy Carter
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Mondale
George Meany
Exxon
Gov. Carter
Nixon
CIA
Ehrlichman
Domestic Council
Office of Management and Budget
Cambodia
Supreme Court
Jimmy
FCC
Carter
The Power of God film screens in Looking Back series
A 60 minute Looking Back film from the Evangelical Lutheran Church titled The Power of God is noted. A Rutland Herald poll of 208 state legislators signals a strong lead for Sen William H Wills of Bennington in the lieutenant governor race. Major local events include a clam steam at Colvin's woods with 200 attendees and an enrollment surge in Bennington elementary schools driven by kindergarten expansion.
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White Creek
John Allen
Mary Allen
Gilbert Allen
Shaftsbury
Molly Stark
Wilmington
Mickey’? Walker
North Bennington
Bennington
George Playetes
Gerald Tinker
J. Joseph Peuno
Edward Sharkey
Harold Bodine
Percey Hynick
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
of God
William H. Wills
Rutland Herald
Colvin’s Woods
Jenuskevice
Lynn Jenuskevice
Vermont Banking and Insurance
James Hunt
U.S. Comptroller
Ludlow Savings Bank and Trust Co
Vermont National Bank of Brattleboro
A Nation’s Silent Majority and a Quiet Election Year
A look at mounting nonvoter ranks and public apathy as presidential politics pour over $100 million in spending. The piece weighs abstention, voter indifference, and a supposed era of calm, with notes on Kennedy era imagery and shifting political energy. It references George Wallace, Lester Maddox, and the Kennedy motorcade among other era-icons.
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Calliope
George Wallace
Chicago
Lester Maddox
Newsweek
Kennedy
Berchtesgarden
Hitler
Letter to the Banner on Vermont environmental leaders
In the Republican primary voters debate the Agency for Environmental Conservation and its head Martin Johnson. The writer, a supporter, cites Johnson’s work on water resources and town hearings, praising his stewardship and urging clarity from Republican candidates. The Democratic primary features Stella Hackel pledging strong support for the agency and its administrator.
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Johnson
Stratton Mountain
Martin Johnson
Agency For Environmental Conservation
Stella Hekel
Hackel
Burns and Johnson feud over Vermont agency fate
Malvine Cole of Stratton argues Burns would end the Environmental Agency and its secretary Martin Johnson, contending Hackel would bow to utilities and O'Brien would keep the agency but remove Johnson. Johnson backs Burns, seen as a safeguard against land and water contamination from development and nuclear waste.
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Environmental Agency
Martin Johnson
Montpelier
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Connecticut River
Vernon
Hackel
Robert O’brien
O’brien
Johnson
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Fritz
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Hubert Humphrey
St. Johnsbury
Quebec
LeRoy Marsden
Union St
Avon Products Inc
White Chapel
F .W. Vogell
Walter Wirmusky
Hoosick
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Deborah Markiewicz
Town of Hoosick
Susan Ganser
Margaret Bromirski
Mary Lou
Galveston
Texas
U.S
Morro Castle
Asbury Park
N.J
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Peter Hart
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Karl Thomas
Vermont
Vermonters
State Office For the Environment
Burns
Brian Burns
Malvine Cole
Nichols
Ae ‘ Qwiles
Burt Bros
MAIN / BENNINGTON
Order OF the Golden Rule
Dunham
Elm ST. Bennington
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