Carter's 'decisions' by David S Broder in Washington
Washington columnist David S Broder critiques President Carter's shifting policy stance on economy energy and defense noting repeated use of predictable and consistent imagery while highlighting reversals on the $50 per person rebate and energy pricing. The piece argues Carter often keeps policy decisions private and may reveal more only when he is fully invested in his own ideas.
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Spring gardening titles at Bennington Bookshop offer guidance
Susan Hoffman, Book Department Manager at the Bennington Bookshop, highlights popular gardening books for beginners and experts. The list includes The Green Thumb Directory with 1000 sources, The New York Times Garden Book, Organic Gardener, Organic Flower Gardening, Time-Life Encyclopedia volumes, The Kitchen Garden Book, and The Apartment Farmer for indoor growing. Hoffman is a 1972 State University of New York graduate with a history degree.
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New York Times
Catharine Osgood Foster
Time-Life Encyclopedia of Gardening
Susan Hoffman
Bennington
State U. of New York
Belgian Poetry Magazine spotlights Michael Wallace work
The Belgian Poetry Magazine devotes an issue to Michael Wallace also known as Wallace Fowlie a Bennington College faculty member famed as a French poet though American by birth and English as his mother tongue. In Arlington Mrs. Burton Immen and daughter Mary return from Mount Vernon after visiting Mr. Immen’s relatives. The South Stream Home Demonstration Group meets at Mrs. Katherine Foster’s Morgan Street home with the topic Slips to Fit. A Rhode Island college sophomore is tarred and feathered after a long ride and left blindfolded by the road near South Shaftsbury, then guided to Herbert Hulett’s farmhouse where Sgt. Frank L. Constantine is notified. The Knotty Pine Diner’s frozen custard stand opens for the season as Chief Francis J. Cone and village officials observe a two-way radio drill. Bennington officials hear Raymond B. Bowen of the Bennington County Industrial Corporation discuss water supply needs for a new shopping center near Globe Union to enable a sprinkler system. Camp Y Woods announces a second season under S. S. Whitney Dickey with archery, hiking and crafts off Morgan Street. Bennington County’s Regional Planning Commission holds its first meeting and will issue questionnaires to gauge residents’ priorities. John L. Whalen acts as temporary chairman. In North Bennington spring arrives when Welling Field and Puddin Hill burn black, signaling the season.
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Herbert Hulett
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Frank L. Constantine
Shaftsbury State
On This Date Historic milestones span centuries
On this date list notable events from 1607 landing of British colonists at Cape Henry to 1954 nationwide Salk polio vaccine test. Highlights include 1846 start of Mexican War, Lincoln assassin linked incident near Port Royal, 1898 U S declares war on Spain, 1901 auto license plates, 1944 Montgomery Ward HQ takeover, 1945 founding UN, and 1945 San Francisco gathering of delegates.
CB radio era turns Berkshire life into a noisy clash
A Berkshire County CBS style tale tracks a Harvard educated traveler in Lee on the Massachusetts Turnpike who speaks into a dashboard mic as CB radio culture blooms. The piece catalogs the rise of 40 channel CBs, widespread interference complaints, and a local clash over who enforces rules.
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Congress Laments Partisan Rifts Doomed by Assassination Committee
Wall Street Journal notes that historians warned children are complex beings and now urges explaining that adults are people too while the Boston Globe reports the United States Congress struggles to get along without an Assassination Committee amid partisan frictions.
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