Liberal GOP uneasy with Ford
Liberal Republicans in Congress press Ford to keep Rockefeller on the 1976 ticket. Ten of fourteen liberal senators back Rockefeller, seek more say in campaign platform and appointments, and plan a meeting to curb Callaway if Ford moves too far right. They warn to not forget the hinge votes in pivotal Northern states.
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Congress
Ford
GOP
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Sen
Lowell Weicker
Connecticut
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
Howard H. Callaway
Callaway
Nine ton transformer boosts Bennington power plant capacity
A nine ton transformer moves through Bennington streets to raise the Main Street power plant capacity of Twin State Gas and Electric Co by 25 percent. An albino frog was removed from Soldiers' Home fountain pond by Josep Sharrock and placed on exhibit at Gokay drugstore. Superintendent Donald W. McClelland resigns after 16 years heading the Bennington Graded School District. A group of 13 women protest at the village trustees meeting over a rumored issue.
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Main Street
Twin State Gas and Electric Co
Bennington
Josep Sharrock
Gokay
Sapt
Donald W. McClelland
Lincoln
County Streets
Ben Mont Avenue
Peas on a Knife and Pioneer Supper Tales
A nostalgic musing traces etiquette of eating peas with a knife in Maine and in historic pioneer times. The narrator recalls Grandpa and Great-Grandfather using knives at table, a fork and spoon scarce, with tales of 1790 Coomb families sharing a woodland venison stew and improvised utensils.
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Maine
Grandfather
Goulds
Coombses
Bowdoins
Coombles
Retiring after 40 years with United Press International
Phil Newsom, longtime foreign correspondent and editor, retires after four decades at United Press International and its predecessor. In his farewell piece he reflects on time, world events, and a career spanning about 50 countries with roles from war zones to commentary on foreign affairs.
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Phil Newsom
United Press
United Press International
UPI
Pearl Harbor
Ington
Nebraska
Galvao
Santa Marie
Korea
Louis Pasteur Avenue
Algiers
Gene Symonds
Japan
Gene
Chosen Dam
Singapore
Harris Praises Jobs Plan and Tax Reform in Profile
Fred Harris, Democratic presidential hopeful, outlines his positions in a Christian Science Monitor profile. He advocates full employment as a right, a graduated income tax, strict antitrust enforcement, and ending subsidies that benefit private gain.
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Fred Harris
Louise Sweeney
The
Christian Science Monitor
New populist critique targets big business wealth
The speaker labels the so called new populists as transferring $1 billion a year from working people to Lockheed, Penn Central, timber, oil and gas interests. He calls it Robin Hoodism in reverse and argues removing the rich from welfare would restore work in America.
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Lockheeds
Penn Centrals
America
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance
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Godfrey Sperling Jr
Washington
Christian Science Publishing Society
Lurie
John Gould
Gramp
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Bennington Village
John Zenger
New York City
Ecuador
Arthur Bremer
Alabama
George Wallace
Huntsville
Tex
By Phil Newsom
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Watergate
Taegu
South Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Angola
Italy
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Home Office
Prospect Street
Hartford
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