Pat Loud a Woman's Story reviews fame and freedom
A 1974 book review by Nancy Q. Keefe discusses Pat Loud's memoir co authored with Nora Johnson. The piece weighs Pat Loud's TV notoriety, themes of midlife female identity, and the book as a fragment in a broader literature of women seeking selfhood. It notes the collaboration's pragmatic roots and highlights Pat Loud's move to New York and ongoing family dynamics.
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Pat Loud
Nora Johnson
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
New York
Nancy Q. Keefe
Lance
The
New School For Social Research
Louds
Pat
Ibsen
Nora
Noras
Santa Barbara
East Side
Nya Johnson
Dick Cavett
Henry Orient
Nunnally Johnson
Beverly Hills
California
Paula Sinek
Foxhollow
Lenox
Newsboy bill on extra penny delivery dies in Vermont House
In Montpelier the House rejected the “newsboy” bill by 81 to 32. Amendments pushed political parity and equal space for those assailed by coverage and tied political ads to standard rates. Rep Esposito said a politician cited could reply in the same space.
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Montpelier
Francis Esposito
D-24
Rutland
Thomas E. Foster
D-31
North Bennington
Esposito
Foster
Vermont Senate approves 1.5 million state employee pay raise
The Vermont Senate approved a 1.5 million pay-raise bill for state employees, including a 5 percent across-the-board cost of living increase, sending the measure to the House. Sen Buckley pushed through a higher raise for the Bennington County clerk from 12,285 to 14,500, arguing Windham County’s clerk earns 14,663.
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Montpelier
Senate
House
Sen
Buckley
Bennington County
Windham County
Vermont Receives Grant for Law Enforcement Upgrades
Governor's Commission on the Administration of Justice obtains 99459 from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to fund improvements in state and local agencies. No bottle ban or waste disposal changes in current session as near closure looms. a waste recycling bill faces opposition from Rep. Emory Hebard while a bottle bill stalls in committee.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Governor’s Commission On the Administration of Justice
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Siena runner wins new Bankathon in Albany area
All American Joe Rukanshagiza of Siena College won the 25 kilometer Bankathon from Schenectady to Albany in 18 26 missing a national record by 15 seconds. Carlos Cherubino of Albany State finished second. About 250 runners completed the first Bankathon sponsored by The Bank.
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Albany
Joe Rukanshagiza
Siena College
Schenectady-to-Albany
Troy Building Boom Signals Citywide Growth
Troy city permits and developer plans show an unprecedented building boom with projects totaling about 181 million dollars. The centerpiece is the Uncle Sam Mall a 96 million project that would reshape downtown Troy along with apartment complexes a new city hall sewer upgrades and multiple offices and small shopping centers under way or in planning.
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Troy
Uncle Sam
Berkshire rail lines abandonment may take years to decide
William Kenney of the Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce says a DOT abandonment report this fall could lead to years of inactivity on its recommendations. Alan Marden of BCDC echoed that rail service will persist for at least two years, with about 500 local jobs involved.
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North Adams
William Kenney
Washington
Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce
Berkshire County Development Commission
Penn Central
Berkshire County
Kenney
Department of Transportation
Alan Marden
BCDC
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