Editorial: Railroads Die as Wages Jump and Contracts Open
We note the Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington HT&W makes its last run amid a rail wage surge of 42 percent in 42 months. Owner Samuel Pinsly awaits ICC approval for abandonment while Deerfield Glassine shifts to truck. UTU concessions bring limited work-rule reforms amid ongoing carrier push for change.
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Deerfield River
Hoosac Tunnel
Wilmington
Hoot, Toot & Whistle
Ht&w
Hoosac
United Transportation Union
UTU
A gleam of light in the federal jungle
The Vermont Legislative Council praises certain federal programs while criticizing many that fail to deliver. The article notes Title I funding to the Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union as tangible aid, contrasts rail labor and Amtrak challenges, and urges a national transportation policy that favors rail where feasible. It concludes that federal spending sometimes yields visible returns, restoring faith in tax dollars.
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Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union
Bennington County
Editor's Note Mixup Corrects Town Concept Reference
A signaling error caused an editor note to misreference a Friday article about the new town concept. The intended piece is published today, Saturday, on Page 6, correcting the mixup from yesterday.
China Opens To West As Nixon Visit Looms
The article notes paradoxes for Americans in China with anti American propaganda yet courteous treatment and access to uncensored broadcasts. It details Peking’s cautious diplomacy, seeking UN entry, embassies, and Western press access while pressing for a total U.S. pullout from Vietnam and Taiwan and a weaker Japan.
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Nixon
Peking
United States
Vietnam
Korea
Asia
Peking People’s Daily
Peking Review
Kissinger
Washington
London
Europe
Moscow
Japan
Middle East
Mediterranean
Britain
China
United Nations
Reuter News Agency
Foreign Office
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
George McGovern
South Dakota
Come Here
Taiwan
Pacific
Vermont wary of East West highway plan debates
The debate over where to place the East West highway from Amsterdam New York to Calais Maine continues. Gov Deane Davis received a Phase I map showing three 10 mile corridors through Addison Rutland and Bennington Windham counties. A warning echoes: protect Vermont life quality and avoid mass highway development.
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Jamaica
Amsterdam
N.Y
Calais
Maine
Deane Davis
Addison County
Littleton
N.H
Rumford
Rutland
Claremont
Concord
Bennington
Windham
Keene
Vermont
New Jersey
New York
Who pays those campaign bills and why it matters
A political columnist questions funding transparency among the four 1970s presidential contenders. McGovern is open about small average gifts while Muskie and Bayh dodge donor details. The piece links campaign finance openness to voters knowing who backs leaders and which interests influence policy.
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Edmund Muskie
Richard Stewart
Morcy
Birch Bayh
Bill Wise
Milton Gilbert
New York
Sen
Muskie
Sen. Bayh
Jackson
Sen. McGovern
Bayh
Senate
Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
McGovern
Don Luce speaks in Bennington on humanitarian citizenship
Letters from readers highlight Don Luce, Vermonter and Vietnam aid organizer, as an informed citizen. The notice promotes his Aug 8 talk at Second Congregational Church, Bennington, with voluntary contributions for travel costs. Additional brief quotes reflect varied views on war, politics, and gun control.
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Toto
Don Luce
East Calais
UVM
South Vietnam
International Voluntary Services
IVS
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Liberia
U.S
Bennington
Second Congregational Church
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Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Federal Jungle
Vermont Legislative Council
Amtrak
Congress
Hsin Chiao
Voice of America
B.B.C
George B. Gordon
Gov. Davis
Bureau of Public Roads
Henry Jackson
Victor Carter
Dan Martin
Los Angeles
Florida
James Albert
Jerome Mack
Nevada
Finance
Henry Kimmelman
Max Palevsky
Joe Floyd
Sioux Falls
S.D
Luce
the Banner
Frances J. Ross
North Bennington
Martha Mitchell
Joe E. Lewis
Carl Bakal
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