MAU Book Talks Books as Key Devices to Learning
Katharine Hepburn notes in an interview that American culture needs humor amid wars and disillusionment as libraries add browsing titles. Highlights include The Rand McNally Atlas of World Wildlife, American Album, Eureka! a history of inventions, Will Rogers quotes, Eliot Porter Birds of North America, a Vermont Library Week notice, and a Key Devices list ending with 28 items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Hepburn
Lawrence Olivier
Rand McNally Atlas of World Wildlife
United States
Mississippi
Ventions
Holt, Rinehart and
Winston
Will Rogers
American Heritage
Eliot Porter
North America
Dutton
Freedom Train stops in Albany for Bicentennial tour
George E. Lerrigo of the Vermont Association of RR Passengers urges Bennington area residents to view the American Freedom Train in Albany at Erie Blvd Team Track from April 6 to 9. The 22 car exhibit train, powered by a Mountain class steam locomotive, travels a two year tour with sponsors including General Motors PepsiCo and Arco. Tickets are $2 adults, $1 children and seniors. It features historical documents and exhibits from museums and historical societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Albany
N.Y
Erie Blvd
United States
U.S
Ross E. Rowland
High Iron Steam
General Motors
Pepsico
Arco
Freedom Train
Burlington
New Hampshire
Maine
Boston
Rochester
George E. Lerrigo
Warp Vt. Assn
North Bennington
North Street memories of Bennington’s old shops and life
George H. Spargo recalls Bennington’s North Street in days of circuses, grocer wagons, and Whitney’s nickel movie house. He details the old Mall building, Pleasant Street exchanges, figures like Jennie at the phone desk, Satter, the kosher meat market, the Rogeres, J. Guy Livingston’s print shop, Morrissey’s market, and local life from two-cent Banner papers to Dick Hurley’s cigar stand, painting a vivid portrait of a vanished town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Street
Bennington
Whitney
Paquin Block
Telephone Exchange
Pleasant Street
Jennie
So and-So
Corker
So-and-So
William E. Bissell
Satter
Susie Rogers
Roger
Buckley Building
South Street
The
Humane Society
Mr. Sutter
Rogers
Anna
Laura
J. Guy Livingston
Guy
Bennington Gallery
Morrissey’s
Morrisseys
Catherine
Alice
Lafortune’s
Vermont National Bank
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local News and Events
Looking Back notes retirements after 47 years in groceries. Fire department officers elected include Chief Martin S. Percey and two assistants. The department answered 17 calls last year and eight this year. Mrs. Sarah Budro convalesces after a broken arm. A Sportsmen Show eagle and a mouse incident are mentioned. A North Bennington student arrived with the police chief amid a braking remark. A serious fire destroys a Cross Street two story house owned by Everett and Mrs. Jordan. County anti poverty group plans to sponsor Project Headstart. Red Cross bloodmobile donation totals 89 pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Patterson
Putnam
North Bennington
Martin S. Percey
Wesley Green
Edward Nash
Sarah Budro
Arlington
North Bennington High School
Charlie
Charles
Bennington
Everett
Lucky” Jordan
Cross Street
Bennington County
Antipoverty Organization
Red Cross
Tax break for large landowners in open land use bill
Reader letter endorses Norris Hoyt H.134 to tax open land by use value, arguing it preserves farms, forests and recreation access while shifting burdens to non qualifying lands. Emphasizes discrimination concerns, open-space benefits to villagers and environmental quality. cites historical notes and a biographical postscript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner
Norris Hoyt
Hoyt
Joan E
Knight
Open Space Tax Coalition
State
St. Montpelier
New York City Policemen Across Classes and Duties
A vivid critique outlines many police roles from traffic helpers to vice squad enforcers and Capitol guards. It also covers federal and agency police including FBI, CIA, and narcotics units, noting broad powers, surveillance, and reach with humorous satire on their excesses.
Company policemen guard entry with badge rule
A column discusses company security guards who bar entry to employees without ID badges. It suggests many people might feel comforted by having police like authority and reflects on the ubiquity of security measures in modern workplaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vice Squad
Fire-Department
Credit-Bureau
FBI
Army
Henry Kissinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
MAU
Vermont
Dick Hurley
Jeanery
Pat Brazell
George H. Spargo
Old Bennington
M. Coulman
Larry Pratt
Pearl Welch
Harold Grover
Cecil Greene
Glenn Hart
Newman Lewis
Wilbur C. Rice
Silk Road
Vail Road
Bennington Village
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
Charles Lindbergh
New York City
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Mr.and Mrs. America
New York
O’malley
Mosconi
Capitol
Washington
Senate
White House
Executive Protective Service
Secret Service
Internal Revenue Police
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Teprey
Sunrise
Haynes & Kane, Inc
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