FordPushes 19th Century Conservatism in 1976 Campaign
A satirical portrait of President Ford courting 19th century restraint, with Bo Callaway as campaign head and Nelson Rockefeller used as bait. The piece critiques Ford's fiscal orthodoxy, fears among conservatives, and hints at Reagan as an alternative. It predicts a 1896 or bust slogan amid a backsliding mood and wary GOP bloc.
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Ford
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Ronald Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Bo Callaway
William Howard Taft
Callaway
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
White House
William McKinley
Looking Back at Spa Summer Theatre and Local Happenings
A roundup notes Looking Back starring Burl Ives at the Spa Summer Theatre in Saratoga Springs. It covers local appointments and resignations including Donald W. McClelland becoming principal of Johnson Normal School after resigning Bennington district head, and Joe LaFlamme’s garage project approval. Also mentions Gov. Arthur's whirlwind area visit, Ayrshire dairy herd accolades, the retirement of Alice Morrissey Harwood, and opening of Country Casuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burl Ives
Spa Summer Theatre
Saratoga Springs
Donald W. McClelland
Bennington
Johnson Normal School
Harold J. Arthur
Arlington
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange
Memorial High School
Alice Morrissey Harwood
The
Banner
Country Casuals
Main Street
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Helsinki Saunas and Cold Water Reflect Cold War Realignments
The piece argues the Helsinki summit reflects shifting power in Europe with the USSR seeking a denuclearized zone and Western states courting Moscow markets. It criticizes U.S. policy, NATO weakness, and Congress for eroding influence in Asia and the Mediterranean, linking Kissinger's selective detente to Portugal and Greece crises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Europe
China
Brezhnev
Berlin
Kremlin
Helsinki
Germany
West
United States
U.S.S.R
Henry Kissinger
Portugal
Pakistan
Peking
Soviet Union
India
Japan
Russia
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Mediterranean
Energy Sense Whale oil crisis
Federal Energy Administrator Frank G. Zare notes a Civil War era whale oil crisis showing how free markets adapted. Higher prices reduced demand while producers innovated, leading to kerosene lamps and early electric lighting, and by 1896 whale oil fell to 40 cents, demonstrating resilience through market-driven energy transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Congress
Poverty Costumes and Youth Culture in Silber Interview
John Silber of Boston University critiques a society that values artificially aged blue jeans and the look of poverty. He argues the younger generation romanticizes poverty as dispossessed chic, likening it to aristocrats donning peasant costumes during the French Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Silber
Boston University
St. Paul
Minn
Pioneer Press
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New York
Hell
Hoover
Reagan
California
Robert Taft
Fischetti
Twin State Gas and Electric Company
J. Halsey Cushman
Rutland
Joe LaFlamme
Safford Street
Carl Wahlquist
Walfrid H. Wahlquist
Glens Falls Operetta Club
Knickerbocker
Ayrshire
Fairdale Farms Inc
Bennington County
Robert M. Wilson
Washington Post
N.wrete
State Legislative Council
Gertrude Ederle
Italy
British Somaliland
Harry Truman
Hiroshima
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stockholm
NATO
U.S
Greece
Turkey-Cyprus
U.S.A
Athens
Ankara
Nicosia
Washington
Ci.i.a
Henry Adams
Brooks Adams
Frank G. Zare
Federal Energy Administrator
New England
New Bedford
Nantucket
Sag Harbor
Atlantic
Hudson Bay
Falkland Islands
Africa
Brazil
England
West Indies
Central America
Ient
Nature
Derie
Elewe Ers Ae
American Gem Society
Vermont
Museum Research Associates
Winthrop
Maine
Equal Housing Lender
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