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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1975
Page
5
A 1975 essay by Melvin Maddocks argues that the rise of body language threatens traditional spoken and written English. It cites shifts from verbal mastery to gestures, notes social penalties for poor body cues, and mocks anti intellectual trends while praising Socrates and classical rhetoric.
Senate investigators led by Sen. Frank Church plan a week of public hearings in October focusing on IRS abuses and CIA connections. The probes will examine 1960s and 1970s actions under Kennedy Johnson and Nixon, including political harassment and secret surveillance, with potential testimony from former commissioners and officials.
The new WPA program began September 7 and will run for a year at 42 dollars per month. Bennington residents who attended Governors Day at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield praised Jesse T. Watson, who helps lead the Fish and Game Department exhibit in the Vermont building. Charles Hungerford, Shaftsbury farmer, was taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital by Carl McCall, a rising Black political figure in New York City. McCall, born in Roxbury and educated at Roxbury Memorial High School, Dartmouth, and the University of Edinburgh, reflects on his white-dominated schooling and welfare-era roots and discusses the impact of race in Boston schools.
Washington reports GOP planners chose Kansas City for the 1976 convention revealing a strategy to place Richard Nixon’s portrait out of camera range in Kansas City Kansas to avoid awkward associations with Watergate. A quote notes a picture hanger could claim a mix up to deflect questions.
The article analyzes busing as a tool to desegregate Boston schools, noting white flight concerns, the social toll across communities, and the challenge of finding alternatives. It cites mixed views from Black and white residents, officials, and observers while stressing the need for improved race relations and court-ordered compliance.
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