Lancegate reshapes GOP prospects amid Watergate past
The Lance affair boosted Republican morale by turning public memory away from Watergate. The coverage trimmed the political sting of Nixon-Agnew misdeeds, while Safire’s scrutiny kept Democrats honest, neutralizing Watergate as a campaigning tool and aiding Republican gains in midterm hopes.
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Geometric Garden Legacy at Park McCullough House Park
The article traces geometric garden design from Persian carpet styles to Victorian formalism, noting Park McCullough House in North Bennington as a case study. It describes transitions to natural landscapes, the 1865 house era, later tennis court use, and a 1940s flower garden later retained in restoration. Jeanne Ellem led the Bennington Garden Club restoration with emphasis on period plants and minimal maintenance.
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Poem Letter to The Banner Reader Crying Silent Hap
A short personal verse to The Banner letters page declares the piece a private poem with no relation to world, national, or local affairs and invites readers to consider its intimate, nonpolitical subject.
No place to go in the September sun
A reflective verse sketch contemplates poets of old, images of distant places, and a solitary daydream. The speaker sits at home in the September sun, hearing a crow, sipping wine, and pondering travel or staying still while leaves fall at their feet.
Opinion: System Serves Providers Not Patients
Dr. George A. Silver of Yale School of Medicine argues in Nation that the medical system is structured to profit doctors, technicians, and administrators rather than improve patient care or reduce costs for patients, with economists helping maximize provider profits.
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Nation Magazine
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Protests over Wilmington camp sent to officials by Sen Gibson
A strong protest closing of the Wilmingtons camp is sent to federal and state officials by Sen Ernest W Gibson arguing the camp is only partly functional and virtually the only camp in southern Vermont. A heavy wind helps Harwood Hill orchards with Mackintosh drops selling for 50 cents to $1 a bushel. A.J. Cooper residence on Hillside Street sells at auction for $8,500 to Conrad H Mausert of North Adams Mass, president of Mausert Ice Cream Co. 25 years ago: Route 313 bridge to Norman Rockwell's home marked 100th birthday. Elks convention in Burlington. Vermont Education Association panel on a problem child. 10 years ago: Daniel J Holland becomes executive director of Southwest Community Council. Bennington Democrats caucus. staff changes at The Banner. 1789 War Office to raise regular army. 1936 radio campaign note and quote from F D Roosevelt.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
North Bennington
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